Use Python Selenium to Delete bulk delete posts in WordPress (without WP REST API)

script.py

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from chromedriver_py import binary_path

# Your WordPress credentials
username = "your_username"
password = "your_password"

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')

# Initialize the browser
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=binary_path, options=chrome_options)

# Log in to WordPress
browser.get("https://wpwebsite.com/wp-login.php")
browser.find_element(By.ID, "user_login").send_keys(username)
browser.find_element(By.ID, "user_pass").send_keys(password)
browser.find_element(By.ID, "wp-submit").click()

# Wait for the login to complete
WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "wp-admin-bar-my-account")))

# Navigate to the target page
browser.get("https://wpwebsite.com/wp-admin/edit.php")

# Execute JavaScript to delete posts until there are no more left
while True:
    WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "cb-select-all-1")))

    # Check if there are no more posts
    if browser.execute_script("return document.querySelectorAll('.wp-list-table .no-items').length > 0;"):
        break

    # Run the JavaScript code to delete posts
    browser.execute_script("""
        jQuery('#cb-select-all-1').click();
        jQuery('#bulk-action-selector-top').val('trash');
        jQuery('#doaction').click();
    """)

    # Wait for the action confirmation message
    WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#message.updated.notice")))

    # Refresh the page
    browser.refresh()

# Close the browser
browser.quit()