Title: Delayed Delete
Author: Crystal Green
Published: <strong>November 6, 2025</strong>
Last modified: November 6, 2025

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# Delayed Delete

 By [Crystal Green](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tidbitsofexperience/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/delayed-delete.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/delayed-delete/)

## Description

Delayed Delete, developed by Crystal Green at the [Tidbits of Experience](https://www.tidbitsofexperience.com)
mommy blog, is a WordPress plugin that provides a way to queue posts for bulk deletion.
Instead of immediately deleting posts, you can add them to a delayed delete queue
and delete them all at once when ready.

Features:

 * Add posts to delayed delete queue via bulk actions in the Posts admin page.
 * View queued posts in a dedicated admin submenu under Posts.
 * Remove selected posts from the queue individually or in bulk.
 * Export queue as a .txt file or display for copy/paste into your own file.
 * Permanently delete all queued posts with a single button click.
 * Security measures including nonces and capability checks.
 * Internationalization ready.

### Translations

The plugin is ready for translations. The text domain is `delayed-delete`.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `delayed-delete` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Posts > Delayed Delete to use the feature.

## FAQ

### Can I add pages or custom post types to the queue?

No, only standard posts (post_type = ‘post’) can be added to the queue.

### What happens if I add the same post multiple times?

The plugin prevents duplicates from being added to the queue.

### Is there an undo feature?

No, once posts are deleted, they cannot be recovered.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Delayed Delete” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Crystal Green ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tidbitsofexperience/)

[Translate “Delayed Delete” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/delayed-delete)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/delayed-delete/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/delayed-delete/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/delayed-delete/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/delayed-delete/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[bulk delete](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bulk-delete/)
   [management](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/management/)[posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/delayed-delete/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Crystal Green ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tidbitsofexperience/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/delayed-delete/)