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Bulk delete posts is an efficient way to manage your content without having to remove each WordPress post individually. This guide explains the process step-by-step, starting from your Hosted.com® dashboard.
As your WordPress website grows, managing large volumes of content becomes increasingly important. Over time, you may accumulate outdated, duplicate, or irrelevant posts that need to be removed to maintain a clean and professional website.
Bulk deleting posts may affect SEO if those posts are indexed by search engines or linked externally. Deleted posts create 404 errors, which can harm user experience and search rankings. To avoid this, consider setting up 301 redirects to relevant existing posts.
NOTE:
WordPress does not have a permanent delete option for bulk delete; users can only delete individual posts. For bulk permanent deletion, you must first move the bulk to trash, then permanently delete it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Bulk Delete Posts
1. Login to your Hosted.com® Client Portal.
2. Navigate to Manage Services and select your Web Hosting service.
3. Click Manage next to your domain.
4. Access cPanel by clicking Login to cPanel.
5. Open your WordPress Dashboard via WordPress Manager or by visiting yourdomain.com/wp-admin.
6. Enter your WordPress login credentials.
7. In the left-hand menu, click Posts to view all posts.
8. Select the posts you wish to delete by ticking the checkboxes next to each post title.
9. To select all posts on the page, tick the checkbox at the top of the list.
10. From the Bulk Actions dropdown menu, select Move to Trash.
11. Click Apply to move the selected posts to Trash.
How to Permanently Delete Posts
1. Click Trash within the Posts section.
2. Click Empty Trash to permanently delete all posts.
Additional Information
- Posts moved to the Trash are not permanently deleted immediately; they can be restored if required.
- Filtering posts by category, date, or author before deletion helps ensure accuracy.
- Bulk deleting posts may affect SEO if those posts are indexed or linked externally.
- It is advisable to create a backup before performing large deletions.
- Cleaning up unused posts can improve website performance and organization.
- Reviewing scheduled posts prevents accidental deletion of future content.
- Database optimization tools can help improve performance after large deletions.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be display
