wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php:1352Deletes orphaned draft menu items
function _wp_delete_orphaned_draft_menu_items() { global $wpdb; $delete_timestamp = time() - ( DAY_IN_SECONDS * EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS ); // Delete orphaned draft menu items. $menu_items_to_delete = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts AS p LEFT JOIN $wpdb->postmeta AS m ON p.ID = m.post_id WHERE post_type = 'nav_menu_item' AND post_status = 'draft' AND meta_key = '_menu_item_orphaned' AND meta_value < %d", $delete_timestamp ) ); foreach ( (array) $menu_items_to_delete as $menu_item_id ) { wp_delete_post( $menu_item_id, true ); }}Introduced in 3.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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