Bulk delete for tags and categories does not ask for confirmation

[sirzooro]

When you delete tags or categories using bulk action, WP does not ask for confirmation. I suspect that custom taxonomies may be affected too.

[azaozz]

Bulk delete is a two step process: select Delete, click Apply. Don't think we need third step for this, there's no chance the user would miss-click twice.

[sirzooro]

My point of view is different - I expect that in case of irreversible action (like deleting) I will get final warning "are you sure?".

This is also a change from WP 2.8, so users may expect that warning will be displayed, and act as if it would be displayed.

BTW, there is no confirmation for "Delete Permanently" link for trashed posts, pages and comments.

[scribu]

Replying to sirzooro:

BTW, there is no confirmation for "Delete Permanently" link for trashed posts, pages and comments.

That's the whole point of having Trash: no more "Are you sure?".

[sirzooro]

Yes, but what if someone will change his/her mind later, and by mistake click "Delete Permanently"? In this case WP will delete post without any extra confirmation.

[scribu]

By that logic, you would have confirmation after confirmation and nothing would ever get deleted.

If someone changes his/her mind later, they should not delete it permanently and leave it in the trash, or have a DB backup.

[janeforshort]

Agreed with above: whole point of trash is to remove the extra confirmation steps and replace with Undo capability. I think at this point reintroducing confirmation dialogues belongs in a plugin, as removing the confirmations in favor of trash interaction was approved by the dev chats long ago.

[markparnell]

#34752 was marked as a duplicate.