by PublishPress 4.5 (172 reviews)

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories

Name: Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories
Rating: 4.5 (172 reviews)
Author: PublishPress

PublishPress Future can make scheduled changes to your content. You can unpublish posts, move posts to a new status, update the categories, and more.

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future ranks #402 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #6 of 2,134 in the Calendar & Events category, a 4.5/5 rating from 172 reviews, and was last updated Oct 22, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v4.11.2 Current Version v4.11.2

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 22 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 19 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#6 of 2,134 in Calendar & Events Top 1% by installs Downloads -81.8% this week Actively maintained

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100K+

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KW Avg Position

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4.6M

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Support Resolved

83%

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Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (172 reviews)

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Total Progress 33.7%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

11 known vulnerabilities on record · 7 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

May 4, 2026

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] >= 4.10.1 - < 4.10.6

CVE-2026-105261 · Fixed in v4.10.6
May 4, 2026

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.10.1

CVE-2026-5247 · Fixed in v4.10.1
Mar 22, 2026

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.10.0

CVE-2026-39482 · Fixed in v4.10.0
Jan 8, 2026

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.9.4

CVE-2025-14718 · Fixed in v4.9.4
Jan 6, 2026

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.9.4

CVE-2025-69361 · Fixed in v4.9.4
Dec 15, 2025

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.9.3

CVE-2025-13741 · Fixed in v4.9.3
Nov 20, 2025

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 4.9.2

CVE-2025-13149 · Fixed in v4.9.2
Aug 1, 2023

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 2.1.2

Fixed in v2.1.2
Oct 11, 2021

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 2.6.0

CVE-2021-24783 · Fixed in v2.6.0
Aug 1, 2014

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories [post-expirator] < 2.1.2

Fixed in v2.1.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.11.2
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2026
Requires WP: 6.8+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: PublishPress

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 172
Support Threads: 6
Resolved: 83%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need to automatically change or remove content after publication. It lets you schedule actions like unpublishing, deleting, trashing, or changing the status and categories of posts without manual follow-up.

Unpublish posts automatically
Delete or trash posts
Change post status to Draft/Private
Update post categories
Email notifications on changes
Display action date in content
Shortcodes for expiration date
Default actions per post type

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories

Change the status to Draft or Private, send the post to the Trash, delete it, turn the "Stick to the top of the blog" option on or off, or change its categories — replacing them, adding to them, or removing only the ones you name. The Pro version can also move a post to a custom status.

While editing it. The Future panel in the right sidebar sets the action and the date, and it works with the block editor, the Classic Editor and most page builders.

Yes. Action dates can be set through Quick Edit and Bulk Edit on the posts list, so you can apply the same action to as many posts as you need without opening each one.

Yes. Go to Future > Post Types, choose the action and timing for that post type, and turn on "Automatically create actions". The default action alone does not schedule anything; that option is what creates the action on new content.

Any of them. Posts and pages, WooCommerce products, LearnDash courses, and any custom post type — you enable each one under Future > Post Types.

Yes. Go to Future > Post Types and check the "Active" box in the "Product" area. Click here for more details on WooCommerce changes

Yes. Go to Future > Post Types and check the "Active" box for the post type you are using with Elementor. Click here for more details on Elementor post changes

Yes, if you want to be. PublishPress Future can email you when it acts on your content. Turn the emails on under Future > Notifications.

Yes, in two ways. The footer display adds the date to the bottom of the post automatically, and a shortcode puts it anywhere in the content, with formatting options for how the date reads.

Scheduled changes are Action Scheduler actions, not separate WP-Cron events. Action Scheduler usually runs its queue through WP-Cron, so a broken or disabled WP-Cron is the first thing to check if a change does not happen. Sites that disable WP-Cron on purpose can still run the queue with Action Scheduler's async runner or with WP-CLI. Some hosts disable WP-Cron. Click here for the technical details