Title: WP_Customize_Manager::dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets
Published: November 20, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Manager::dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets(): int

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Dismisses all of the current user’s auto-drafts (other than the present one).

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int The number of auto-drafts that were dismissed.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets() {
    	$changeset_autodraft_posts = $this->get_changeset_posts(
    		array(
    			'post_status'               => 'auto-draft',
    			'exclude_restore_dismissed' => true,
    			'posts_per_page'            => -1,
    		)
    	);
    	$dismissed                 = 0;
    	foreach ( $changeset_autodraft_posts as $autosave_autodraft_post ) {
    		if ( $autosave_autodraft_post->ID === $this->changeset_post_id() ) {
    			continue;
    		}
    		if ( update_post_meta( $autosave_autodraft_post->ID, '_customize_restore_dismissed', true ) ) {
    			++$dismissed;
    		}
    	}
    	return $dismissed;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Manager::get_changeset_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/get_changeset_posts/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Gets changeset posts.

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| [WP_Customize_Manager::changeset_post_id()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/changeset_post_id/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Gets the changeset post ID for the loaded changeset.

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| [update_post_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates a post meta field based on the given post ID.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Manager::handle_dismiss_autosave_or_lock_request()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/handle_dismiss_autosave_or_lock_request/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Deletes a given auto-draft changeset or the autosave revision for a given changeset or delete changeset lock.

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| [WP_Customize_Manager::save()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/save/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php` |

Handles customize_save WP Ajax request to save/update a changeset.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/dismiss_user_auto_draft_changesets/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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