Title: Reusing deleted post IDs
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Reusing deleted post IDs

 *  [Richard Thripp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardxthripp/)
 * (@richardxthripp)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reusing-deleted-post-ids/)
 * What’s the best way to reuse deleted post IDs on new posts? I would like to write
   or find a plugin that checks the ID field of the wp_posts table for holes, and
   then sets the ID for a new post/page to the lowest available ID before the post
   is initially saved, overriding the MySQL auto_increment value. Then, this ID 
   would be used for that post from now on.
 * I don’t want to change the IDs of old posts, and I’ve disabled autosave and revisions
   on my blog, so I don’t care about compatibility with those features.
 * If this is not possible to do with a plugin, please suggest how to hack the core.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reusing-deleted-post-ids/)
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