Crystal Green

Delayed Delete, developed by Crystal Green at the <a href="https://www.tidbitsofexperience.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Tidbits of Experience</a> 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:
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<li>Add posts to delayed delete queue via bulk actions in the Posts admin page.</li>
<li>View queued posts in a dedicated admin submenu under Posts.</li>
<li>Remove selected posts from the queue individually or in bulk.</li>
<li>Export queue as a .txt file or display for copy/paste into your own file.</li>
<li>Permanently delete all queued posts with a single button click.</li>
<li>Security measures including nonces and capability checks.</li>
<li>Internationalization ready.</li>
</ul>
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Delayed Delete

Allows adding posts to a queue for bulk deletion at a later time. Useful for managing large numbers of posts.

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Bulk Trash by URL helps editors and SEOs quickly clean up content by trashing items based on a list of URLs. Paste your URLs, let the plugin map each URL to a post ID (handles common variations like trailing slashes and marketing query params), select what you want to remove, and process in efficient batches with progress feedback.
Key features:
<ul>
<li>Paste URLs to find matching posts, pages, and custom post types.</li>
<li>Fast URL-to-post mapping in AJAX batches with progress bar.</li>
<li>Select exactly which items to trash before running.</li>
<li>Batched trashing with live progress, pause/resume controls.</li>
<li>Optional completion summary with counts and lists (trashed, failed, no permission, invalid).</li>
<li>Settings to tune performance and limits:
<ul>
<li>Max Page Size (mapping batch size)</li>
<li>Max URLs per run</li>
<li>Toggle completion summary</li>
<li>Optional mode to set matched items to Private instead of Trash</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Built for large lists and long-running jobs. Everything goes to the WordPress Trash, so you can restore or permanently delete as you normally would.
Capabilities & security:
<ul>
<li>Restricted to users who can <code>manage_options</code>.</li>
<li>Nonce-protected AJAX endpoints.</li>
<li>Conservative sanitization and server-side validation.</li>
</ul>
Compatibility notes:
<ul>
<li>Works with sites using pretty permalinks. Mapping relies on WordPress <code>url_to_postid()</code> and common URL variants.</li>
<li>Custom post types are supported if they use public, front-end URLs.</li>
</ul>

Bulk Trash by URL

Bulk‑trash posts, pages and custom post types from pasted URLs. Fast URL mapping, batched processing with pause/resume, and an optional summary.

Delayed Delete vs Bulk Trash by URL