Best missed posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular missed posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MWW Scheduled Post Trigger leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Scheduled Posts Publisher (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “missed posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 missed posts plugins
- 1.
MWW Scheduled Post TriggerThe most installed missed posts plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 27 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Scheduled Posts Publisher10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 2 plugins tagged “missed posts”

MWW Scheduled Post Trigger
Down in the last 7 days:7#651by Jennifer Moss1 month ago
Publishes missed scheduled posts when WordPress Cron fails. Ideal for small to medium sites.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(27)
- Downloads
- 237/day

Scheduled Posts Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:3,551#47,715by ObayTek6 years ago
This plugin will checks and if any scheduled posts have been missed, it publishes them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day