WordPress tip: Automatically empty Trash

WordPress tip: Automatically empty Trash

Trash is a new functionality from WordPress 2.9. When an item (post, comment, etc) is deleted, it goes in Trash instead of being permanently removed. Here is a tip to tell your WordPress blog to autmatically empty trash every X days.

Simply open your wp-config.php file (located at the root of your WOrdPress install) and paste the following code:

define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 );

The second parameter is when to empty trash, in days.

13 Responses

Kate Mag

May 20 2010 09:36

That’s a simple trick. Thanks.

jaswanth

May 20 2010 11:35

Ohh superb yar.., nice trick thanks.

Keep rocking.

Doug

May 20 2010 19:21

Very useful trick! I’m always forgetting to delete trashed items.

Anarm

May 20 2010 23:37

thanks for sharing this tip..

George Serradinho

May 24 2010 07:36

Thanks for this tip, I have just added it to my config file. Will check up on the next few days.

Joe Boyle

May 27 2010 01:55

This code will speed up your website a tiny bit. Sometimes, I have up to 100 files in my trash (posts, pages, comments, etc), so it slows things down a tad. Deleting automatically will save space without any effort! Great find!