Custom field values deleted when trashing custom post type

I’ve created a custom post type with 2 custom fields attached to it… When I create a post of this type and fill in the custom fields, the data is, in fact, saved to the db… However, if I trash one of them, then that post’s custom fields data is deleted from the database.

I thought trashing was just supposed to basically change the post_status to “trash” so it’s out of view unless you actually delete it permanently?

If that’s the case, why am I losing my custom fields data when I trash an item?

Here’s all the relevant code for the above question:

<?php
add_action('admin_init', 'wpg_add_testimonial_author');
function wpg_add_testimonial_author() {
  add_meta_box('wpg_testimonial_author', __('Author Information', 'quotable'), 'wpg_testimonial_author', 'testimonials', 'side', 'low');
}

function wpg_testimonial_author() {
  global $post;
  $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
  $testimonial_author_name = $custom['testimonial_author_name'][0];
  $testimonial_author_link = $custom['testimonial_author_link'][0];
  ?>
  <p>
    <label><?php _e("Author's Name:", 'quotable'); ?></label>
    <input name="testimonial_author_name" value="<?php echo $testimonial_author_name; ?>" />
  </p>
  <p>
    <label><?php _e('Attribution Link:', 'quotable'); ?></label>
    <input name="testimonial_author_link" value="<?php echo $testimonial_author_link; ?>" />
  </p>
  <?php
}

function wpg_save_testimonial_author() {
  global $post;
  if(defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) {
    return $post_id;
  }
  if (defined('DOING_AJAX')) {
    return;
  }
  update_post_meta($post->ID, 'testimonial_author_name', $_POST['testimonial_author_name']);
  update_post_meta($post->ID, 'testimonial_author_link', $_POST['testimonial_author_link']);
}
add_action('save_post', 'wpg_save_testimonial_author');

function wpg_row_actions() {
  global $post;
  if($post->post_type == 'page') {
    if(!current_user_can('edit_page')) {
      return;
    }
  }
  else {
    if(!current_user_can('edit_post')) {
      return;
    }
  }
  if($post->post_status == 'trash') {
    $actionLinks  = '<div class="row-actions"><span class="untrash"><a title="'.__('Restore this item', 'quotable').'" href="'.wp_nonce_url(get_admin_url().'post.php?post='.$post->ID.'&action=untrash', 'untrash-'.$post->post_type.'_'.$post->ID).'">'.__('Restore', 'quotable').'</a> | </span>';
    $actionLinks .= '<span class="trash"><a href="'.wp_nonce_url(get_admin_url().'post.php?post='.$post->ID.'&action=delete', 'delete-'.$post->post_type.'_'.$post->ID).'" title="'.__('Delete this item permanently', 'quotable').'" class="submitdelete">'.__('Delete Permanently', 'quotable').'</a></span>';
  }
  else {
    $actionLinks  = '<div class="row-actions"><span class="edit"><a title="'.__('Edit this item', 'quotable').'" href="'.get_admin_url().'post.php?post='.$post->ID.'&action=edit">'.__('Edit', 'quotable').'</a> | </span>';
    $actionLinks .= '<span class="inline hide-if-no-js"><a title="'.__('Edit this item inline', 'quotable').'" class="editinline" href="#">'.__('Quick Edit', 'quotable').'</a> | </span>';
    $actionLinks .= '<span class="trash"><a href="'.wp_nonce_url(get_admin_url().'post.php?post='.$post->ID.'&action=trash', 'trash-'.$post->post_type.'_'.$post->ID).'" title="'.__('Move this item to the Trash', 'quotable').'" class="submitdelete">'._x('Trash', 'verb (ie. trash this post)', 'quotable').'</a></span>';
  }
  return $actionLinks;
}

function wpg_edit_testimonials_columns($columns) {
  $columns = array(
    'cb' => '<input type="checkbox" />',
    'testimonial_author' => __('Author', 'quotable'),
    'testimonial_text' => __('Testimonial', 'quotable'),
    'attribution_link' => __('Attribution Link', 'quotable'),
    'date' => __('Date Added', 'quotable')
  );
  return $columns;
}

function wpg_manage_testimonials_columns($column, $post_id) {
  global $post;
  $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
  $testimonial_author_name = $custom['testimonial_author_name'][0];
  $testimonial_author_link = $custom['testimonial_author_link'][0];

  $wpg_row_actions  = wpg_row_actions();

  switch($column) {
    case 'testimonial_author':
      echo $testimonial_author_name.$wpg_row_actions;
    break;

    case 'testimonial_text':
      echo $post->post_content;
    break;

    case 'attribution_link':
      echo $testimonial_author_link;
    break;

    default :
      break;
    }
  }
  add_filter('manage_edit-testimonials_columns', 'wpg_edit_testimonials_columns');
  add_action('manage_testimonials_posts_custom_column', 'wpg_manage_testimonials_columns', 10, 2);

The custom post type doesn’t support the “title” portion of posts, so it’s not included as one of the columns in the edit posts page. Therefore, I had to hack my own version of the row_actions() function to enable the edit/quick edit/trash links when each post is hovered.

All of the functionality works as it should… Except that the “testimonial author” and “attribution link” values are deleted from the database when moving a post to the trash. No idea why…