Thread: Give User Ability To Delete Own Ad

Give User Ability To Delete Own Ad

The ability for a user to delete their own ads seems like kind of a "no-brainer", though I haven't seen it mentioned here.

Now I've mentioned it and it is officially requested as a new feature

~ NetPotion

Re: Give User Ability To Delete Own Ad

+1

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If it is implemented.. I vote to be able to turn the feature off also.. I don't want users deleting my ads and effecting my SEO :P

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I'd like this too, and have requested it previously.

Maybe best if when deleting, they are given a "please confirm that you want to delete this ad" message in a two step process so they don't delete an ad accidentally.

Nothing wrong with having the feature optional as Pepsi prefers.

But are they really your ads? I guess that's a philosophical question. But in practical terms, I like giving members of my sites as much control over their data as they may reasonably feel they should have.

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Excellent point and idea.

On some of my other WP sites I have changed the status of the post so that it was not visible on the site, however, it was still visible through search engines.

One idea could be for deleted ads to be moved to a different section of the website (call it "expired ads" or "sold items" or something like that.) This way, they can remain on the site for SEO purposes but will not clutter up the main section.

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+1

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I also put my vote in to have this feature added - asap! Otherwise, just extra work for the admin -- all unnecessary. What a pain!

Re: Give User Ability To Delete Own Ad

Feature request being submitted for consideration. I will update this thread with any comments/feedback as it becomes available. Thanks.