Manually delete post from database

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For whatever reason, I have a post and a page with the same slug name and it causes the db to hang. I can’t alter the slug on either so I need to go manually delete the posts from the database and start over.

Now, I am willing to go pull up the post ID from wp_posts and wp_postmeta and manually delete each entry. Will this screw up anything else in the database assuming I have no comments on either post or page?

EDIT

I found this script and I think it’s ok but I’m not sure if this takes care of revisions or anything else I would leave behind from manually deleting the post

DELETE a,b,c
FROM wp_posts a
LEFT JOIN wp_term_relationships b ON ( a.ID = b.object_id )
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta c ON ( a.ID = c.post_id )
WHERE a.ID = xxx;

5 Answers
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Drop this into a file in your plugin directory and you should be able to do this from your WP installation using a query string.

/*
Plugin Name: Delete Specific Post
Description: Rid the post forever!
Version: 0.1
Author: WPSE
License: GPL2
*/

add_filter('query_vars', 'delete_post_query_var');
function delete_post_query_var($vars){
    $vars[] = 'delete_post';
    return $vars;
}

add_action('admin_init', 'manually_delete_post', 0);
function manually_delete_post(){

    if(!is_user_logged_in())
        return;

    if(!current_user_can('manage_options'))
        return;

    if(get_query_var('delete_post')){
        $id = esc_attr(get_query_var('delete_post'));
        $delete = wp_delete_post($id, true); //True force deletes the post and doesn't send it to the Trash
        if($delete)
            echo "Post $id deleted successfully!";
        else
            echo "Post $id was not deleted.";
        exit;
    }
}

All you need to do is make sure you’re logged into an administrator account, then visit: http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/?delete_post=POSTID

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