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Bulk deletion aborts with a critical site error

Bulk deletion aborts with a critical site error partway through, with no useful detail in the server logs.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 1 April 2023 · last reported 2 October 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners running large WordPress sites, including multisite installs with WooCommerce and tens of thousands of users, report that a bulk deletion stops midway and shows a generic critical error on the dashboard.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.