XF 1.5 Undelete the posts deleted or edited by the member

[Bhanu Pratap]

One of our forum member has deleted her posts, Could you please tell me the procedure to undelete the posts or restore the Unedited version of the posts.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Do you have a recent backup from before the deletions / edits? If not you should ask your host if they have one. You can restore the backup and lose recent content since the backup was made. Or you can attempt to selectively restore just those posts. This requires some SQL dexterity.

If there is no backup then you might still be able to do something if the posts were only soft deleted. A soft deleted thread / post involves these database fields:

xf_post.message_state
xf_thread.discussion_state

Soft deletions also always have a record in xf_deletion_log.

 

[Bhanu Pratap]

Location for the xf_deletion_log ?

 

[wang]

Location for the xf_deletion_log ?

At your database.

 

[AndyB]

One of our forum member has deleted her posts, Could you please tell me the procedure to undelete the posts or restore the Unedited version of the posts.

I suggest installing this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/show-deleted.2387/

It will show who deleted posts and threads. Then one by one you can go and undelete the posts and threads of this particular member.

 

[upnet]

I suggest installing this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/show-deleted.2387/

It will show who deleted posts and threads. Then one by one you can go and undelete the posts and threads of this particular member.

Any possibility of adding a checkbox restore on the show deleted posts page @AndyB? One by one could take a long time in the case of hundreds of posts.

 

[TPerry]

Any possibility of adding a checkbox restore on the show deleted posts page @AndyB? One by one could take a long time in the case of hundreds of posts.

Most likely to get a reply (and keep this thread on topic) by posting your question/request in the discussion topic for the add-on you are asking about.