Best expire posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular expire posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Expiring Posts leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Content Scheduler (200+) and Auto Post Expiry Manager (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “expire posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 expire posts plugins
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Expiring PostsThe most installed expire posts plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.
Content Scheduler200+ active installs. Rated 2.4 from 8 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 3.
Auto Post Expiry Manager100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Page Expiration Robot80+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 100 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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MSC Post Expiry30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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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.
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Creotec Content Expiration ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
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ContWiz Content Expiration ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “expire posts”
Expiring Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,521by Ivan4 years ago
This plugin adds functionality to expire a post on a given date.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Content Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:74#11,594by Paul Kaiser12 years ago
Schedule content to automatically expire and change at a certain time, and notify people of expiration.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.4(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
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
Page Expiration Robot
Up in the last 7 days:86#17,413by Bill Zimmerman10 years ago
The official #1 most intelligent, scarcity countdown timer plugin ever created for WordPress to expire posts AND pages on autopilot!
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.2(100)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MSC Post Expiry
Up in the last 7 days:1,203#24,042by djm562 months ago
Automatically expire posts and pages on a schedule — trash, delete, draft, make private, recategorise or redirect. With notifications and analytics.
- Installs
- 30+
- 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
Creotec Content Expiration Manager
Up in the last 7 days:5,702#62,576by nativebreed26 days ago
Add expiration dates and lifecycle actions to posts, pages, and public custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ContWiz Content Expiration Manager
Down in the last 7 days:7,550#70,073by singhvishal054 months ago
Automatically expire WordPress posts and pages by date. Schedule content expiration, auto-draft or trash outdated content, and get email reminders.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day