Title: Change Empty Trash Time
Author: Carlos Martínez Romero
Published: <strong>ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 1, 2019</strong>
Last modified: ഫെബ്രുവരി 23, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Change Empty Trash Time

 By [Carlos Martínez Romero](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmr96/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time.zip)

 * [Details](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/)

## Description

“Change WP Empty Trash Time” is a small plugin that allows you to select the time
in days that WordPress take to automatically empty trash. You can select the number
of days at the bottom of Settings > General. This plugin wont work if the value 
is already defined elsewhere to avoid errors.

### Features

 * Allow to select the days that WordPress take to empty trash.
 * Automatically Empty Trash after the numbers of days selected

## Screenshots

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## Installation

The Plugin can be installed in two ways.

#### Manual instalation

 1. Download and upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/change-wp-empty-
    trash-time directory from the WordPress plugin repository.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress admin.
 3. Go to Settings > General to configure it.

#### WordPress interface instalation

 1. Open the plugin Interface in the wordpress admin and click on “Add new”.
 2. In the Search box enter “Change WP Empty Trash Time” and hit Enter.
 3. Click on “Install” to install the plugin.
 4. Go to Settings > General to configure it.

## FAQ

### Why It doesnt work?

If you have defined the value elsewhere the plugin wont work to avoid errors.

### What happens if I place a negative number or invalid characters?

There is a validation that checks if the input is correct so nothing wrong happens.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Exactly what I needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-needed-607/)󠁿

 [Juan Luis Martel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/usblsb/) ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 3, 2019

Very light software. I managed to reduce the size of my database by 30%. It’s great.
Thank you very much for the fantastic work.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Sorprendente](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorprendente-4/)󠁿

 [jsoto61](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jsoto61/) ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 3, 2019

Me ha encantado este plugin

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works fine!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-fine-1043/)󠁿

 [Carlos Martínez Romero](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmr96/) ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 
1, 2019

I love it. But of course, It’s my plugin 😉

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Change Empty Trash Time” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Carlos Martﾃｭnez Romero ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmr96/)

“Change Empty Trash Time” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Change Empty Trash Time” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-wp-empty-trash-time/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/change-wp-empty-trash-time/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-wp-empty-trash-time/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-wp-empty-trash-time/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.4

 * Function name changes

#### 1.0.3

 * Adds a readme.txt file.

#### 1.0.2

 * Adds translation option.

#### 1.0.1

 * Bug Fix.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.4**
 *  Last updated **3 വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  വേർഡ്പ്രസ്സ് പതിപ്പ് ** 4.0 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  PHP പതിപ്പ് ** 5.2.4 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/),
   [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/),
   [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/),
   ഉം [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time)
 * Tags
 * [Bin](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bin/)[empty](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/empty/)
   [time](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/)[trash](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trash/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/change-wp-empty-trash-time/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5ൽ 5 നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Carlos Martﾃｭnez Romero ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carlosmr96/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-wp-empty-trash-time/)

## Donate

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