Bulk Trash by URL

Bulk Trash by URL helps editors and SEOs quickly clean up content by trashing items based on a list of URLs. Paste your URLs, let the plugin map each URL to a post ID (handles common variations like trailing slashes and marketing query params), select what you want to remove, and process in efficient batches with progress feedback.

Key features:

• Paste URLs to find matching posts, pages, and custom post types.

• Fast URL-to-post mapping in AJAX batches with progress bar.

• Select exactly which items to trash before running.

• Batched trashing with live progress, pause/resume controls.

• Optional completion summary with counts and lists (trashed, failed, no permission, invalid).

• Settings to tune performance and limits:

• Max Page Size (mapping batch size)

• Max URLs per run

• Toggle completion summary

• Optional mode to set matched items to Private instead of Trash

Built for large lists and long-running jobs. Everything goes to the WordPress Trash, so you can restore or permanently delete as you normally would.

Capabilities & security:

• Restricted to users who can manage_options.

• Nonce-protected AJAX endpoints.

• Conservative sanitization and server-side validation.

Compatibility notes:

• Works with sites using pretty permalinks. Mapping relies on WordPress url_to_postid() and common URL variants.

• Custom post types are supported if they use public, front-end URLs.