Best content freshness plugins for WordPress
The most popular content freshness plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MSC leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Tidy Posts (10+) and NexPilot (fewer than 10). All 7 plugins tagged “content freshness” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 content freshness plugins
- 1.
MSCThe most installed content freshness plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Tidy Posts10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
NexPilotFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
IntellectSight Stale Content ScannerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
- 5.
Tidy SEO AI RefreshFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
SEOTurtle Last Updated DateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Content Freshness MonitorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 7 plugins tagged “content freshness”
MSC
#34,149by djm562 months ago
Show a "Last Updated" date on posts and pages. SEO-friendly time markup, custom labels and date formats, works with any theme. No JavaScript.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tidy Posts
Up in the last 7 days:1,813#37,560by Martin G19 days ago
Content management for WordPress. Track SEO data, monitor content freshness, analyse posts and optimise your blog with performance scoring.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NexPilot
Up in the last 7 days:23,354#49,009by NexGrowix3 months ago
Track content freshness, find outdated posts, manage review queues, and schedule content reviews directly inside WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IntellectSight Stale Content Scanner
Up in the last 7 days:16,218#52,440by intellectsight1 day ago
Reads inside your posts to find what has gone out of date — old years, past events, dead shortcodes and blocks — and gives editors a review queue.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tidy SEO AI Refresh
Up in the last 7 days:1,947#60,549by tidyplugins1 month ago
Catch content decay early: outdated years, thin posts, keyword cannibalization and orphan pages, ranked by what to update first.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEOTurtle Last Updated Date
Up in the last 7 days:8,109#61,908by seoturtle1 year ago
Display the last modified date of your posts and pages with a simple [seoturtlelud_last_updated] shortcode. Perfect for showing content freshness.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content Freshness Monitor
#72,774by zevvolabs8 months ago
Stop content decay and boost WordPress SEO rankings. Automatically audit your site, find stale posts, and track engagement with one powerful dashboard …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day