Best auto unpublish plugins for WordPress
The most popular auto unpublish plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Post Expiry Manager leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of DishSoap (10+) and Raptor Scheduled Content Expiry (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “auto unpublish” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 auto unpublish plugins
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Auto Post Expiry ManagerThe most installed auto unpublish plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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DishSoap10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.
Raptor Scheduled Content Expiry10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “auto unpublish”
Auto Post Expiry Manager
Down in the last 7 days:298#15,981by Hardik Galiya1 year ago
Automatically expire posts and custom post types at a specific date and time. Works with all public post types and uses a lightweight cron scheduler.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DishSoap
Up in the last 7 days:12,471#35,371by Mark Thomes13 years ago
Automatically unpublish or unsticky a post on a specified date and time. Simple interface for ease of use.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Raptor Scheduled Content Expiry
#36,119by Amr Issa1 month ago
Schedule content expiry with auto-unpublish, redirect, content swap, and logging for posts, pages, custom post types, and WooCommerce products.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day