Delete Duplicate Posts

Wordpress Plugin
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This plugin searches and removes duplicate posts and their meta data.

Try it out on your own free test site: Click here => https://tastewp.com/template/t6-CTt-T3P4?ni=true&redirect=tools.php%3Fpage%3Ddelete-duplicate-posts

Click to try, only takes a few seconds.

You can delete posts, pages and other Custom Post Types enabled on your website.

The plugin deletes not only the post, but post meta and other references to the post, cleaning up space in your WordPress website.

Features

  • Select individual posts to delete or select all.
  • Manual or automatic deletion
  • Keep oldest or newest version.
  • Get status email when something is deleted.
  • Integrated log shows all activity.

Read more on the plugin page on cleverplugins.com.


Releases (32 )

Version Release Date Change Log
4.8.3 2022-10-20
  • FIX: Limit amount of duplicates to find - reduces server load for large sites with many duplicates.
  • FIX: PHP notice about missing redirection database when loading the plugin page.
4.8.2 2022-10-18
  • FIX: E-mails not getting sent - thank you @helenekh
  • Added debug information for email sending in the log.
  • Tested up to WP 6.0.3
  • Updated 3rd party libraries
  • Updated language files for translators
4.8.1 2022-09-20
  • Add fixes to prevent menu items being deleted in some cases - "nav_menu_item"
  • Update Freemius library to v. 2.4.5
4.8 2022-07-18
  • Code improvements so the plugin runs faster overall.
  • Updated language files.
  • NEW: (Pro only) - Feature: 301 redirects deleted duplicates.
4.7.9 2022-06-14
  • FIX: Plugin would not show results if the limit was set to "No limit".
4.7.8 2022-06-10
  • Fix: Reworked JS code - fixing the list of duplicates not loading.
  • Improved loading time by fixing a few logic issues in the JavaScript code.
  • Added optional debug logging to help pinpoint bugs.
  • Updated language file for translations.
  • Cleaning up PHP code.
  • Trimmed CSS file.
4.7.7 2022-05-25
  • Fix - Now you can choose how many duplicates to see in the interface.
  • Tested with WordPress 6.0.
  • Updated language file for translations.
4.7.6 2022-03-01
  • New: Free demo - Test how the plugin works, just click and in a few seconds your unique demo site is online. Thank you TasteWP.com :-)
4.7.4 2021-10-27
  • 2021/10/27
  • Fix bug with Composer dependencies for PHP less than 7.3
4.7.3 2021-10-15
  • 2021/10/15
  • Fix problem with deleting old log entries in database.
4.7.2 2021-10-01
  • 2021/09/30
  • Fix problem with log database not being created automatically.
  • Added button in sidebar to recreate missing database tables.
4.7.1 2021-07-21
  • 2021/07/21
  • Security Hardening
4.7 2021-07-11
  • 2021/07/11
  • FIX: Duplicates not always properly detected, thank you for the reporters to help fix this bug :-)
  • NEW: Improved and faster lookup of duplicates.
  • NEW: See number of posts per post type.
  • NEW: See peak memory usage in the log.
  • NEW: See combined count by post_status in the log.
  • NEW: If there is a problem looking up duplicates in the database (shared servers have limited resources), the problem will be shown in the log.
  • Updated language files.
  • Tested up to WP 5.8
4.6.2 2021-04-14
  • 2021/04/14
  • Updated 3rd party libraries for PHP 8
  • Tested up to WP 5.7
  • Minor bugfixes
  • 303,187 downloads
4.6.1 2021-01-12
  • 2020/01/12
  • Hotfix - "The plugin generated 15 characters of unexpected output during activation" - Thanks Fabio.
4.6 2021-01-12
  • 2020/01/12
  • Beta feature: Limit amount of duplicates to find. On big sites with many duplicates the plugin can time out. This feature allows you to limit the amount of results. This feature is only available for free while being tested. Thank you Fabio.
  • Minor text or layout fixes.
  • 286,392 downloads
4.5 2021-01-11
  • 2021/01/11
  • New: Manually select which duplicates to delete (or use the automatic)
  • Fix: WordPress 5.6 jQuery compatibility.
  • Fix: Not allowing to disable final post status if only one left. Thank you @nd62.
  • Work on improving PHP 8 compatibility.
  • Updated 3rd party libraries to latest version. Freemius v. 2.4.1
  • 283,070 downloads
4.4.8 2020-12-01
  • 2020/11/30
  • Fix bug with email not sending. Thank you Fatih.
  • 272,622 downloads
4.4.7 2020-11-10
  • 2020/11/09
  • Introducing Multisite compatibility
  • Updated 3rd party Freemius library to v. 2.4.1
  • Tested with WordPress 5.5.3
  • 265,176 downloads
4.4.6 2020-08-06
  • 2020/08/06
  • Code cleanup
  • Tested with WordPress 5.5
  • Updated SDK Freemius to 2.4.0.1
  • 250,931 downloads
4.4.5 2020-07-06
  • 2020/07/06
  • Fix - automatically deactivate free version if pro version is activated - Thank you Jordi.
  • Fix - Missing link to privacy data.
  • Fix - Not correctly identifying original post when comparing with post meta values - Thank you Reinhard.
  • New - more details how long a process took is now stored in the log.
  • 242,749 downloads
4.4.4 2020-06-08
  • 2020/06/08
  • Code cleanup and security hardening.
  • 235,094 downloads
4.4.3.1 2020-05-08
  • 2020/05/08
  • Removes some debug code, whoopsie.
  • 227,615 downloads
4.4.3 2020-05-07
  • 2020/05/07
  • Plugin now looks for duplicates in posts and pages per default, no need to set it after activating plugin.
  • Fix: "Error deleting post" showing even if the post was deleted. Thank you Murray :-)
  • The log is now updated when list of duplicates is updated.
  • 225,725 downloads
4.4.2 2020-05-04
  • 2020/05/04
  • Fixing activation bugs - Thank you @locutus45 and @paul1427
  • Fixing code not working with PHP 5.6
  • Fixed missing translation strings - Thank you Canny for translating to Korean! :-D
  • Added automatic reload when manually deleting duplicates.
  • 222,012 downloads
4.4.1 2020-05-03
  • 2020/05/03
  • Fixing bug in install routines
  • 219,984 downloads
4.4 2020-05-02
  • 2020/05/02
  • Tested up to WP 5.4.1
  • Pro: Choose different post stati to look for; publish, draft, scheduled, pending, private and any other custom post status.
  • Code improvement, works faster.
  • 218,123 downloads
4.3 2020-04-27
  • 2020/04/25
  • Rewrote plugin to better handle big sites with lots of duplicate content.
  • Fixed automatic deletion (cron job) not working properly on some sites.
  • Security fixes and hardening throughout the plugin.
  • Log is now AJAX based to help load on big sites.
  • Duplicate list now loads via AJAX to help with load on big sites.
  • Added inline help - Helpscout
  • Updated Freemius 3rd party SDK to 2.3.2
  • Added option to upgrade to Pro version.
  • Updated language files.
  • Removed option to run every minute - Sorry, but not a good idea for many websites and hosting companies do not like it either.
  • 213,367 downloads
4.1.9.3 2017-12-02
  • Fixed bugs introduced with updating to WordPress 4.9.1 - Thank you to all who reported the problem.
4.1.9.1 2017-10-28
  • Fix missing 3rd party scripts.
4.1.9.2 2017-10-28
  • Fix HTML linebreaks in emails - thanks @autoschieber
4.1.9 2017-10-28
  • Optimized delete routines - Thank you Claire and Vaclav :-) Up to 20-30% faster deleting.
  • Added timing functions so you can see how long it takes to delete in the log.
  • Permanently delete posts and pages - no longer goes to trash.
  • Fix - The log is now shown with latest events at top.
  • Updated 3rd party scripts - Freemius update 1.2.1.7.1 to 1.2.2.9