by ramon fincken 4.2 (10 reviews)

Auto Prune Posts

Name: Auto Prune Posts
Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Author: ramon fincken

Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once.

Auto Prune Posts ranks #6,398 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #141 of 2,134 in the Calendar & Events category, a 4.2/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Nov 11, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v3.1.1 Current Version v3.1.1

Updated 11 months ago Last Update on 11 Nov, 2025

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#141 of 2,134 in Calendar & Events Top 10% by installs Downloads -20.2% this week

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#6,398

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Active Installs

1K+

-25.7%

KW Avg Position

54.6

1.6 better

Downloads

49.5K

+15 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 33.7%

1K+ 2K+

1,378

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

10 reviews

Overall 84%

7 (70%)

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2 (20%)

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1 (10%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Nov 8, 2025

Auto Prune Posts [auto-prune-posts] < 3.1.0

CVE-2025-64262 · Fixed in v3.1.0
Mar 3, 2025

Auto Prune Posts [auto-prune-posts] < 3.0.0

CVE-2024-10639 · Fixed in v3.0.0
Mar 13, 2023

Auto Prune Posts [auto-prune-posts] < 2.0.0

CVE-2023-27423 · Fixed in v2.0.0
Mar 10, 2023

Auto Prune Posts [auto-prune-posts] < 2.0.0

Fixed in v2.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.1.1
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025
Requires WP: 2.3+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: ramon fincken

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who publish time-limited content like offers or coupons. It automatically deletes or trashes expired posts, pages, and custom post types by category, without needing a cronjob.