WordPress is creating a lot of draft posts

My WordPress install (with the following plugins) randomly creates Draft posts whenever I load the posts page. Is there a way to find out which plugin is doing this (aside from deactivating)? Has anyone had this problem?

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Topic draft posts Wordpress

Category Web

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I had the same problem on a multisite installation. It turned out that the wp_posts table was missing the Auto Increment setting on the post_id column.

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in your database look into wp_postmeta table to see the latest entries.

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A good place to start with an issue like this is using debug mode in WP. https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

If you know exactly which action triggers the creation of a draft post, then it is repeatable and you have a basis for a solution. Based on your question, "whenever I load the posts page" is what creates your unwanted drafts. Not sure exactly what you mean by that as it could be interpreted to mean a few different things.

Deactivate all plugins - test if a draft is created when you "load the posts page". If no draft is created, it is a plugin issue.

Reactivate plugins one at a time and retest each time until you locate the problem.

If deactivating plugins does not stop the auto-draft behavior, the problem is likely theme related. Switching themes will isolate that issue separately.

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