Best published date plugins for WordPress
The most popular published date plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DateSweep leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of PostDates (10+) and CC-Disable-Date (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “published date” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 published date plugins
- 1.
DateSweepThe most installed published date plugin, with 50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
PostDates10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
CC-Disable-DateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “published date”
DateSweep
Up in the last 7 days:1,005#20,582by digtiz2 months ago
Bulk-update published and/or modified dates of posts, pages, custom post types and comments — batched, safe and timeout-free.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
PostDates
Up in the last 7 days:536#29,761by Eka Y Saputra2 years ago
Display the publication and last update dates on your posts, pages, and custom post types. You can choose which dates and its location.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Disable-Date
Up in the last 7 days:1,703#67,024by Clearcode9 years ago
This plugin allows you to selectively remove the publication date from blog posts and posts listing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day