Hey John,
Thanks for reaching out. This is unfortunately not something dictated by our products, but by WordPress itself, so to modify this you’d have to modify your WordPress installation.
One thing you can do, for example, is increase the time window used for that auto-emptying of the trash. Here is an article online I found about how to do that → https://wpartisan.me/tutorials/wordpress-empty-trash-time
For more on modifying the WordPress “Trash” behavior, I’d recommend searching online for more articles like the one above. Please let me know if there are any other issues or questions I can try to help with!
Sincerely,
George