Best expired plugins for WordPress
The most popular expired plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Delete Expired Transients leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Post Expiring (100+). All 2 plugins tagged “expired” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 expired plugins
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Delete Expired TransientsThe most installed expired plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Post Expiring100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 2 plugins tagged “expired”
Delete Expired Transients
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,233by webaware2 months ago
Delete old, expired transients from WordPress wp_options table
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 32/day
Post Expiring
Up in the last 7 days:38#13,368by Piotr Po11 years ago
Expire post by set the date of expiring
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day