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"name": "delete img",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Change your Domain here').item.json.wpUrl }}/wp-json/wp/v2/media/{{ $json.id }}",
"method": "DELETE",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Change your Domain here').item.json.wpUrl }}/wp-json/wp/v2/media/{{ $('Filter').item.json.featured_media }}",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Change your Domain here').item.json.wpUrl }}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Change your Domain here').item.json.wpUrl }}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/{{ $('Filter').item.json.id }}",
"method": "DELETE",
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"leftValue": "={{ $itemIndex }}",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## Approvals\nBuilt out your approval process here.\n\nEither use this workflow as a manually-driven time saver. Or split it into two workflows with your approvals in an external app like Slack or email. \"Approve\" link in the external message should fire a webhook that triggers the second half of this workflow with idintifiable post info (ie. post `id` and `featured_media`)"
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## Router\nThis step detects if the post has a featured image associated."
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"id": "9f017854-e445-409f-a465-5eef1c09e891",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## This is the Magic\nIf the post has a featured media associated, the workflow will first deleted that media, then delete the post.\n\nIf it has no media associated, then the workflow simply deletes the post."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"width": 297.80842911877414,
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"content": "## Trigger\nThis workflow is set up for bulk/batch deletion of many WordPress posts.\n\nIt has been pre-loaded with the property `wpUrl` set to 'https://setyourwordpresshere.com' - which you should change to your site's domain.\n\nYou could modify this into your post approval or editorial process, in which case you'd use a different trigger, maybe when a post in WP is saved (you can also filter based on `stats`, ie. when a post with `status` **'pending review'** is created)."
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"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "03d113e5-c1c0-4dab-ac64-c6a9388b9d91",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
500,
240
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 297.80842911877414,
"height": 512.4904214559392,
"content": "## Get Your Posts\n**IMPORTANT:** Be sure to add your authentication for WordPress in the HTTP Request node.\n\nThis request will return all `pending` status posts, ordered by *date, descending*. So it returns the oldest pending posts first. You can adjust these parameters, as well as add other filters like `categories`, etc."
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"name": "delete post with img",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $('Change your Domain here').item.json.wpUrl }}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/{{ $('Filter').item.json.id }}",
"method": "DELETE",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
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"content": "## Expansion\nYou might consider storing the results of the deleted posts to a data storage tool like Airtable, Nocodb, Sheets, or a database, for good record keeping."
},
"typeVersion": 1
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"id": "ac2c0f9a-ed6a-44cc-8ac7-0498187133e4",
"name": "Change your Domain here",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
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"parameters": {},
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"node": "Has Img",
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"node": "get img",
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],
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"type": "main",
"index": 0
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}
}
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About this workflow
You need to delete (many) posts on a WordPress website and also delete the featured image associated with each post.
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