Your WordPress site lost an important page by mistake. What should you do now? Don’t worry, you’re not by yourself. You can get something back even if you think it’s gone for good. This is true for your home page, thank you page, and blog post.
In this step-by-step help, I’ll show you several ways to get back old WordPress pages. Some easy things you can do are check the Trash box, make backups, and even use tools from your web service. This guide is up-to-date for 2025 and simple for new users to understand.
It will be simple for you to fix it.
How WordPress deletes pages and when you can get them back
First, let’s talk about what happens when you delete a WordPress page. Then we’ll talk about how to fix it.
🏄 Is it gone for good or just wiped for now?
Wix takes a while to get rid of pages. When you delete a page, it goes to the Trash, which is like your computer’s Recycle Bin. Most of the time, you have 30 days to get it back before it’s taken away for good.
But what if:
- You emptied the trash by manually, or
- It’s been more than 30 days.
Then you’ll need to use something else, like backups or server tools.
Method 1: Get it back from the WordPress trash
Step by step:
- Sign in at your WordPress home page.
- From the Pages menu, choose All Pages.
- At the top, click the “Trash” tab.
- Select the page you wish to bring back and click “Restore.”
Now your page is back. Don’t bother about add-ons.
This is the best way to find pages that have been deleted in the last 30 days.
Method 2: Use a tool to back up your site, like UpdraftPlus, Jetpack, or another one.
If your page isn’t in the trash, you’ll have to get it back from a backup. This tool should have been used by you:
- Plus Updraft
- Backing up Jetpack
- My BlogVault
- Helpful Backup
How to use UpdraftPlus to restore:
- You need to go to Settings to get to UpdraftPlus Backups.
- To see the copy that was made before the page was taken away, click on it.
- Select “Pages” only when you click “Restore” to keep everything from being lost.
- Finish the repair.
This is the best choice for sites that back up often.
Method 3: Use the hosting company’s copy to get back to it
Many good web hosts back up their sites every day or once a week. Do these things:
Steps:
- Log in to your web host account. Many web hosts offer this service (Bluehost, SiteGround, Hostinger, etc.).
- Look for File Restore or Backup Manager.
- Pick a time before the page was deleted.
- You can either get the data back or the whole site back.
Ask your host’s help team how to do this if you don’t know. A lot of them offer chat support.
Web sites that are hosted on controlled or shared servers and get daily backups work best.
Method 4: Use a WordPress revision tool
WordPress keeps track of changes, so even if you accidentally delete something while changing the page, WordPress will still remember the changes.
How to look:
- From the Pages menu, choose All Pages.
- Change the page.
- Scroll down and find “Revisions” in the list.
- You can click to see two or more models side by side, then find the right one.
If this option isn’t shown, try a tool like
- WP Revisions Control
- Revisionize
It’s best for: deleting things more than once, but not everything.
Method 5: If you want to get back removed pages, you can use a plugin (optional).
Some plugins can look through your database and help you get back data that you removed, but you don’t always need them:
- WP-Optimize
- WP File Manager
- Backup Your WP Database
Be careful when you use tools for databases and files. Always make a copy before you change something.
Method 6: Use Google Cache or the Wayback Machine.
The page is gone, you don’t have any copies, and your host won’t help you.
You can still try:
Google Cache
- To find your page’s URL, use Google.
- Click the three dots or the green down arrow next to the URL.
- Click on “Cached.”
- Make a copy of the text and then put the page back together manually.
Wayback Machine (archive.org):
- Go to archive.org to use the Wayback Machine.
- Enter your page’s full URL.
- Check out the photos.
- Remember what you saw and rebuild your page.
Best for: Making new copies of pages that you’ve lost when you don’t have any backups.
Method 7: Call your web host.
If nothing else works, call your server company. Describe what happened and ask:
- Do you copy the server?
- Could you bring back the page or the whole site?
It’s not your fault if you lose pages. Most hosts, like SiteGround, Hostinger, or Kinsta, can help you get them back.
Bonus: How to make sure that pages don’t get deleted again
Here are some simple ways to make sure you don’t delete things by accident in the future:
- Set up a backup plugin like UpdraftPlus, Jetpack, or BlogVault to make sure that regular copies happen.
- Limit Access: Only let people on your team who you trust make changes or run the site.
- Add a confirmation plugin. Look for “Confirm before Deleting” plugins to give you one more chance to make sure you want to delete pages before you do so.
- To be safe, export all of your data once a month by clicking Tools > Export.
Is it possible to fix a page without a plugin?
Yes. If your page is still in the trash, you don’t need any tools. You can rebuild even if it’s gone with host-level tools or Google Cache.
But save an app now to avoid having to do it again later.
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Final thoughts
Losing a WordPress page won’t ruin everything. You can always get it back, even if it’s lost or needs to be backed up and put back together again.
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