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Content Update Scheduler · Version history

Content Update Scheduler changelog and version history

Latest version
4.0.5
Oct 23, 2026 (18 days ago)
Releases
31
since 2021
In the last year
6
about one every 68 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20211 release
  • 202418 releases
  • 202510 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Content Update Scheduler 4.0.5Latest

    • fix: Keep a scheduled revision private until it publishes. The front-end check treated the administrator role as a capability and ignored revisions that already pointed at the live page, so anyone with the URL could read the unpublished update. Editors who can edit the revision can still preview it…

  2. Content Update Scheduler 4.0.3

    • fix: Harden plugin bootstrap so incomplete packages report missing files without activation fatals
    • compat: Declare WordPress 7.0 compatibility

202510 releases

  1. Content Update Scheduler 4.0.2

    • feat: Add overdue event recovery
    • fix: Capability checks with proper fallbacks when post type object is unavailable
    • fix: Enhanced meta cleanup to prevent schedule timestamp inheritance
    • fix: Improve scheduled homepage changes reliability and backwards compatibility
    • fix: Plugin Check errors resolved

  2. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.5

    • fix: Correct date selection offset calculation

  3. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.4

    • fix: Add time format validation and trim whitespace

  4. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.3

    • fix: Improve Elementor compatibility

  5. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.2

    • fix: Correct homepage dropdown filter implementation

  6. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.1

    • fix: Correct regex patterns for Unicode escape sequence protection

  7. Content Update Scheduler 3.1.0

    • feat: Add after_publish_post hook for post-publication actions
    • fix: Correct Unicode escape sequence patterns to match Gutenberg content

  8. Content Update Scheduler 3.0.1

    • fix: Prevent Unicode escape sequence corruption in Gutenberg content

  9. Content Update Scheduler 3.0.0

    • feat: Add admin interface for monitoring scheduled republications under Tools menu
    • feat: Add real-time status indicators and quick actions in admin interface
    • feat: Add static homepage scheduling functionality
    • feat: Add current server time display and live-updating clock to scheduling interface
    • feat: Implement JavaScript-based validation for date/time inputs
    • refactor: Remove all debug logging statements for production readiness
    • refactor: Replace generic error messages with specific, actionable feedback
    • refactor: Standardize AJAX error handling with proper wp_send_json functions
    • refactor: Add class constants for frequently used magic strings
    • fix: Resolve scheduled republication timing issues with timezone comparison logic
    • fix: Add cron event cleanup after successful publishing to prevent retry loops
    • fix: Improve overdue posts query with proper filtering and status checking
    • fix: Resolve WooCommerce stock status and quantity variable initialization bug
    • fix: Prevent content corruption in modern WordPress with Gutenberg
    • fix: Resolve missing ‘Scheduled Content Update’ link in post row actions
    • fix: Correct timezone display in republication date column
    • fix: Replace PHP_INT_MIN priority with normal value for cron action hook

  10. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.6

202418 releases

  1. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.5

    • refactor: Improve meta and terms copying with filter management and visibility
    • refactor: Improve Elementor and Oxygen data copying with focused, robust methods
    • refactor: Add WPML relationship handling for duplicated posts

  2. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.4

    • feat: Add per-post option to preserve original publication date
    • refactor: Enhance custom post type support with opt-out filter mechanism

  3. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.3

    • fix: Properly handle timezone when saving publication date
    • refactor: Improve copy_meta_and_terms method to handle serialized and JSON data

  4. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.2

    • fix: Implement locking and transaction-like mechanism in publish_post
    • fix: Use WordPress timezone for scheduling and publishing

  5. Content Update Scheduler 2.3.1

    • WordPress 6.6.1 fix/workaround: Implemented custom cron job to check and publish overdue scheduled posts

  6. Content Update Scheduler 2.3

    • Refactored datepicker: fixed bugs, allow time selection by minute
    • Improved WooCommerce compatibility
    • Don’t show “Republication Date” for original posts but only for republication drafts

  7. Content Update Scheduler 2.2

    • Improved fix for 404 issue
    • Date picker timezone is now always the site’s timezone

  8. Content Update Scheduler 2.1

    • Fixed 404 error for republished posts: Removed unused code, added check for scheduled publish date, and added deactivation hook to remove custom post meta.
    • Adjusted the datepicker to start the week on Sunday and added an onSelect event handler to call the checkTime function.
    • Improved the date parsing logic and scheduling of content updates in the content-update-scheduler.php file.

  9. Content Update Scheduler 2.0

    • Fixed bug with date selection

  10. Content Update Scheduler 1.9

    • Ensure correct copying and maintenance of WooCommerce stock status during republication process and when saving the republication draft
    • Update WooCommerce stock status and quantity from the original product before updating during republication

  11. Content Update Scheduler 1.8

    • Various bug fixes

  12. Content Update Scheduler 1.7

    • Fixed fatal error when class definition of metadata is missing and skip copying over metadata entries that fail to unserialize

  13. Content Update Scheduler 1.6

    • Updated functions to handle post ID references correctly and ensure “Republication Date” column appears for all post types
    • Corrected nonce verification, function call, and meta data deletion for scheduled date handling

  14. Content Update Scheduler 1.5

    • Updated meta field references during republication to handle original post ID correctly

  15. Content Update Scheduler 1.4

  16. Content Update Scheduler 1.3

  17. Content Update Scheduler 1.2

  18. Content Update Scheduler 1.1

20211 release

  1. Content Update Scheduler 1.0

Questions about Content Update Scheduler’s releases

What is the latest version of Content Update Scheduler?

4.0.5, released on Oct 23, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Content Update Scheduler updated?

6 releases in the last year, about one every 68 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2021.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Content Update Scheduler’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.