Delete Matches erases whole posts without warning
Delete Matches removes whole posts, attached media, and sometimes the database with no warning, confirmation, or trash step.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 11 December 2023 · last reported 21 July 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners using the Search Regex plugin report that its Delete Matches action does not remove only the matched text.
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 3 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.