Best future post plugins for WordPress
The most popular future post plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Show Future Posts on Single Post leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Back to the Future (20+) and WP-Cat2Calendar (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “future post” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 future post plugins
- 1.Show Future Posts on Single Post
The most installed future post plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
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Back to the Future20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.WP-Cat2Calendar
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.Ys-Fp_md2pd
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 5 plugins tagged “future post”
Show Future Posts on Single Post
Down in the last 7 days:35#12,748by Stanley Dumanig17 years ago
Lets you show Future or Schedule Post on Single Posts. It also enables comments for future posts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Back to the Future
Up in the last 7 days:24#27,279by Valerio Souza11 years ago
Allow you show Future or Scheduled Post on Single Posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Cat2Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:101#29,129by Big Boss16 years ago
WP-Cat2Calendar is a plugin which can organize posts into a calendar by category(/ies).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ys-Fp_md2pd
#37,206by yuuwoods4 years ago
Future post, adjust the modify date to post date.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day