Retrieving deleted posts in WordPress?

[dansbanners]

Hello everyone,

Are there ways I could retrieve deleted posts in my WordPress' site?

Thanks!

[Mandi]

Do you have a backup of the database?

[dansbanners]

Yes, I do have a backup copy of the WP Content folder if that's what you're getting at?

Thanks!

[Mandi]

No, I mean a backup of the MySQL database that is the backend for a wordpress installation. You'd have backed it up via telnet most probably. WP also has an export feature, but I've not used it - it looks like it's more or less a flat-file text export, not a true database backup. (But at least your posts would be in there, if they predate the deletions.)

Looking through my own WP content folder, it's just static files that work with the layout of the blog, not actual posted content. That all lives in the MySQL database.