Trash Fail Safe
Require confirmation before deleting items from the Trash, or emptying the whole Trash. Protects against accidental clicks.
5(2 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Trash Fail Safe is a WordPress admin plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Top alternative: Loginizer.
5/52 reviews
30active installs
2.2K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
If you use the WordPress admin area on a mobile device, or have cats sometimes walk across your keyboard it can be good to have a fail-safe confirmation before permanently deleting posts from the Trashed items.
This plugin adds simple JS to the admin area to do just that.
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.1 – 2025-01-25
Fixing internal issue with trunk/stable release in plugin repo
1.2.0 – 2022-05-07
Avoid double confirmation when deleting media library item
1.1.0 – 2022-03-12
Require confirmation before bulk deleting posts from trash using Bulk Actions
1.0.0 – 2022-01-27
Tested with WordPress 5.9
1.0.0 – 2021-07-14
Tested with WordPress 5.8 RC2
1.0.0 – 2020-12-06
Tested with WordPres…
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