Best post expiration plugins for WordPress
The most popular post expiration plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Post Expiry Manager leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of MSC Post Expiry (30+) and Posts Auto Expire Control (20+). All 8 plugins tagged “post expiration” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 post expiration plugins
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Auto Post Expiry ManagerThe most installed post expiration plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
MSC Post Expiry30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Posts Auto Expire Control20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 4.
Smart Content Expiry20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
MonkeyDesign Content ExpiryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
TW Link Expiration ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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AIT Easy Post CustomizationFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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ContWiz Content Expiration ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “post expiration”
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
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
Posts Auto Expire Control
Down in the last 7 days:367#25,464by TC.K13 years ago
Post Auto Expire Control is for admin of multi-authors site to control the posts expiration based on the user role and post type.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Content Expiry
#25,738by MakeYourWeb1 year ago
Expire posts and pages automatically. Hide, replace or redirect content after expiry — no cron jobs or deletions.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MonkeyDesign Content Expiry
Up in the last 7 days:7,474#57,689by monkeydesign20265 months ago
Automatically expire posts, pages, and custom post types on a set date. Lightweight and secure.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TW Link Expiration Manager
#60,904by Technology Wisdom1 month ago
Adds an Expiration Time for posts, pages, WooCommerce products and custom post types URLs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AIT Easy Post Customization
Down in the last 7 days:4,912#65,585by kamranchannar7 months ago
Easily set expiry dates for posts and custom post types, automatically unpublishing content when it becomes outdated.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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