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  • top10wala

    (@top10wala)


    Hi
    I am having trouble with my WordPress Site.
    First a post saved in draft disappeared from my site, and from database as well.
    Next day 3 posts which was published and got 400 page views till night, was disappeared when i checked next morning.

    Plus some other changes were also reverted like Deactivated plugin showed activated again and changes in menu were not reflecting on site (Before it was reflecting).

    Can anyone please tell me what is the issue going on? My Hosting service provider told me that they did not restore anything in last few days.

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  • Radices

    (@radices)

    Do you have a caching plugin installed?

    Thread Starter top10wala

    (@top10wala)

    Yes I do have W3 Total Cache installed. I disabled all plugin on that day and then started noticing if this error occur again. I activated all plugin except Spam Protection plugin and Cache plugin. So Cache plugin could be the reason?

    Radices

    (@radices)

    It might be, but when you say you checked for the posts do you mean in the dashboard?

    Thread Starter top10wala

    (@top10wala)

    Both in Dashboard and in Database, WP_Posts Table. It was gone from both places, draft was also gone. Which was saved a day ago before these published posts.
    Not only posts but few changes made in menu also reverted. Right now problem is solved but don’t know how. I disabled plugins and activated them next day except Cache and Spam Plugin, which are still disabled. I also repaired database. Should I enable Cache Plugin now?

    Radices

    (@radices)

    That’s up to you I’m not a big fan of caching plugins. I’d really suspect something at the hosting level as the database just doesn’t change back and forth by itself.

    I use this plugin to take daily backups of my database.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

    I also use it to take a quick backup if I’m trying something out and might want to restore the DB afterwards.

    Thread Starter top10wala

    (@top10wala)

    I will definitely use plugin for backup from now on.

    I think you are right that problem could be from Hosting site because i am facing some issue with Godaddy and they have told me that issue will be resolved by tomorrow. Sometime while browsing site it shows Database Connection Error. And Godaddy acknowledged that issue is on their side.

    I think you solved my preliminary confusion on where to look for problem and whether to panic or not.
    Once my hosting problem will be resolved then i will monitor situation and update here.

    Thanks for your help.

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