Title: Published work being deleted
Last modified: August 28, 2026

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# Published work being deleted

 *  [gdub28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdub28/)
 * (@gdub28)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-work-being-deleted/)
 * Hi,
 * This week I switched from webflow to using wordpress.org with hostinger and elementor
   to build a new portfolio site (so they are all the most updated version). In 
   the past 24 hours, there have been 8 occurrences where I’ve had the preview site
   crash and delete all of my work. When I go into the History feature, only archived
   versions are available but all of the most recent ones will be crashed too, a
   completely blank page (aside from the header and footer from an Astra theme).
 * After every edit, I make sure to publish my work to continuously save it. And
   every 3-5 minutes I will check the “View Page” preview site to make sure the 
   changes are going live. But randomly after publishing, this site will go blank,
   and when I refresh my editor, all of my work is gone there too. Then all of my
   most recent history changes which had successfully been published will also go
   blank. I don’t even know how to begin to fix this or why it may be happening.
   I started using the platform this week and as time goes on it is happening more
   frequently. I’m getting frustrated with rebuilding and constantly dealing with
   these deletions. Please help.

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 *  Plugin Support [Soyket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soyele/)
 * (@soyele)
 * [5 days, 16 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-work-being-deleted/#post-19006525)
 * Hi, 
   I am sorry to hear about the issue you are facing. This is not an expected
   behaviour for sure. Can you take a full backup and perform troubleshooting steps
   such as – Disabling all other plugins and editing a new page after that ( don’t
   editor the old page as that will remove any elementor add-on related widgets 
   if those add-ons are disabled ), and checking if the issue occurs again? If not
   you can determine which plugin causes the issue by enabling them one by one. 
   On a side note, are you inserting any HTML/ CSS code on page? Regards,
 *  [smasri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smasri/)
 * (@smasri)
 * [4 days, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-work-being-deleted/#post-19007224)
 * I have the same issue as well, after publishing the work the whole page is gone,
   it goes blank and i have to review my page revisions to restore it
 *  Plugin Support [Rica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricav/)
 * (@ricav)
 * [2 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-work-being-deleted/#post-19009150)
 * Hi [@smasri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smasri/),
 * Since both you and the OP are experiencing a total blank page immediately upon
   publishing, this usually points to **PHP Memory Limit Exhaustion** or **Server-
   Level Resource Caps** during the Elementor save process rather than a basic cache
   issue.^()
 * When Elementor runs out of server memory while generating page data, the save
   request drops mid-execution, resulting in a blank page and a corrupted latest
   revision.
 * Here are the primary steps to fix and test this:
    1. **Increase PHP Memory Limit:**
    2.  - Go to your WordPress Dashboard > **Elementor** > **System Info** and check
          your PHP Memory Limit.
        - If it is set to `128M` or lower, increase it to **`256M` or `512M`**. You
          can do this by adding `define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');` to your `wp-config.
          php` file, or by asking your host to raise the memory limit and `max_execution_time`.
    3. **Switch Editor Loader Method:**
    4.  - Go to **Elementor** > **Settings** > **Advanced**.
        - Enable **“Switch Editor Loader Method”** and save changes. This helps bypass
          server configuration conflicts that trigger blank pages.
    5. **Check for Unclosed HTML/CSS Snippets or JSON Corruption:**
    6.  - If you recently pasted custom code, unclosed HTML tags, or special characters
          into an HTML/Text widget, it can corrupt the JSON array upon publishing. 
          Try removing custom code blocks to test if publishing completes normally.
    7. **Check Server PHP Error Logs:**
    8.  - Look at your host’s PHP error logs (or under **Elementor** > **System Info**
          > **Log**) right after a blank-page crash to catch the exact fatal error 
          or memory exhaustion line.
 * Let us know if increasing the PHP memory limit stops the pages from wiping on
   publish!
   Kind regards,

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 * Last activity: [2 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-work-being-deleted/#post-19009150)
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