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WST Post Expiration

Name: WST Post Expiration
Author: webtatsu

Set an expiration date and time on a post. Once that time passes, the post is moved back to draft automatically.

WST Post Expiration ranks #31,645 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #703 of 2,134 in the Calendar & Events category, and was last updated Sep 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.0.0 Current Version v1.0.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 30 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2026
Requires WP: 7.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: webtatsu

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WST Post Expiration

Its status changes from published to draft. The content, the title, and everything else stay as they are.

Yes, with code. Return private, pending, trash, or any registered status from the wst_post_expiration_new_status filter. trash goes through the standard WordPress trash handling. When the trash is disabled (`EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS` is `0`), the post is kept as a draft instead of being deleted permanently. I set a time, but nothing changed right away Expiration runs through WP-Cron, which fires when someone visits the site. On a quiet site it waits for the next visit. Calling wp-cron.php from a server-side cron job removes the delay.

The site timezone (Settings > General). The date and time you enter is treated as local site time.

Yes. The "Enabled post types" setting lets you pick which post types can have an expiration date.

Every scheduled expiration event is removed. The dates stay on the posts, so activating the plugin again schedules them once more.