[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18800: Recycle auto-draft post entries

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#18800: Recycle auto-draft post entries
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 Reporter:  MattyRob     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 Currently in WordPress (3.2.1) it seems that visiting a post authoring
 page creates a row in the wp_posts table with a status of 'auto-draft'.

 If an author then creates some content another row is added containing
 this content.

 Periodically, WordPress then checks for these redundant auto-draft entries
 and after 7 days they are erased.

 I presume that the auto-draft posts are in there for a good reason but
 why, when a user clicks on "save" or "publish" is the auto-draft row not
 recycled and the content added to the existing row with the auto-draft
 status being updated to draft.

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