How do I programatically empty trash?

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1. You can use wp_delete_post.

   To get all posts with the “trash” status:

   $trash = get_posts('post_status=trash&numberposts=-1');

   Then:

   foreach($trash as $post)
     wp_delete_post($post->ID, $bypass_trash = true);
   

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2. This didn’t work for me. I had to do the following:

   $args = array(
   'posts_per_page'   => -1,
   'post_status'      => 'trash'
       );
   
   $trash = get_posts($args);
   
   foreach($trash as $post)
   {
       wp_delete_post($post->ID, true);      
   }
   

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