Best scheduler plugins for WordPress
The most popular scheduler plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Action Scheduler leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Cron Jobs (2K+) and Cleanup Action Scheduler (1K+). All 53 plugins tagged “scheduler” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 scheduler plugins
- 1.Action Scheduler
The most installed scheduler plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 13 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Cron Jobs2K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Cleanup Action Scheduler1K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 6 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Cron Setup and Monitor1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.Cronjob Scheduler
900+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
Controlled Draft Publisher300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Clock In Portal- Staff & Attendance Management200+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 11 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Front Page Scheduler200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
AI Auto Post & Image Generator200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
Logo Scheduler100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago.
All 53 plugins tagged “scheduler”
Action Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,372by Automattic1 month ago
Action Scheduler - Job Queue for WordPress
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.5(13)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day

Cron Jobs
Down in the last 7 days:24#4,428by Ariel10 months ago
Easily manage and monitor your WordPress cron jobs from a clean, intuitive interface.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Cleanup Action Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:41#5,625by laurencebahiirwa16 days ago
Delete Action Scheduler Events to avoid having large database tables.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.2(6)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Cron Setup and Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:39#6,423by berkux2 months ago
Manage cron jobs, monitor tasks, retry failures, and send email alerts when something goes wrong.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Cronjob Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,222by chrispage16 years ago
Cronjob Scheduler allows you to automate regular tasks and actions within your WordPress installation!
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Controlled Draft Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:76#10,938by techygeekshome1 month ago
Publishes draft posts on a configurable interval per post type, with optional publishing-window/weekend restrictions and email alerts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Clock In Portal- Staff & Attendance Management
Up in the last 7 days:48#11,805by Infigo Software9 months ago
Track the attendance of all registered employees with clock in or out system
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Front Page Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:7#12,599by Ederson Peka10 days ago
Choose an alternate static front page to a specific daily period.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 8/day

AI Auto Post & Image Generator
Up in the last 7 days:30#12,818by minas15003 months ago
Automate your WordPress content creation with AI-powered text and image generation. Support for OpenAI, Google Gemini, Pollinations, and Leonardo.AI.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Logo Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:533#13,347by kizinko3 years ago
Change your logo on a schedule by saving different versions for holidays and special events. Set the dates and this plugin will switch them out.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:79#14,370by Sayan Datta1 year ago
The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Automatic Post Scheduler
#18,019by tetele10 years ago
A plugin that automatically schedules posts depending on a min/max threshold and the last post's publish date and time.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Auto Post Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:323#18,354by Mehedi Hasan2 months ago
Schedule posts, pages, and WooCommerce products, fix missed schedule errors, and manage publishing via a visual content calendar.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Boostimer
#21,472by Zabir Anik1 year ago
Boostimer is a product wise availability plugin which shows a beautiful countdown and lets you know when your unavailable product will be restocked! I …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scheduly
Down in the last 7 days:67#22,349by Jack Sanchez2 years ago
Add a widget to your website to let clients reserve appointments or equipment and pay online.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Sale Scheduler for WooCommerce
#22,937by KrishaWeb11 days ago
Schedule multiple WooCommerce product sales with precise start/end times. Automate flash deals, price hikes, and recurring promos easily today!!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day

FastSocial
#23,034by fastsocial4 months ago
Auto-publish WordPress posts to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok, Pinterest, and YouTube.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PaceQuill Post Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:535#23,553by shahidirfan10027 days ago
Publish eligible posts and recycle older content at your chosen intervals, with publishing rules and a local activity log.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

One Two Three Post
Up in the last 7 days:193#24,852by onetwothreesend19 days ago
Schedule and publish Facebook Page posts from WordPress. Calendar + list views, coloured-background text posts, optional first comment.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Post Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:75#25,138by ExertLogics1 month ago
Automatically publishes scheduled posts that may have missed their scheduled time.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BulkPublish
Up in the last 7 days:995#26,688by BulkPublish28 days ago
Auto post and schedule WordPress posts to Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky and more, right from the editor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smart Maintenance Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:2,934#27,042by Shyam Kariya2 months ago
Easily schedule and automate WordPress maintenance mode with custom messages, start/end times, and full control.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShieldClimb
Up in the last 7 days:51#28,105by ShieldClimb2 months ago
Fix Pending and Past-due Tasks for WooCommerce – Speed up order processing, prevent stuck scheduled tasks, and optimize performance.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Luzid Content Scheduler
#28,556by luzidmedia7 months ago
Show/hide frontend content blocks (banners, alerts, divs) with schedules, recurring rules and exceptions — via CSS class or shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hwinote ROP Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:581#32,098by hwinote28 days ago
Automatically refresh older posts based on configurable intervals and a daily update limit.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Event Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:1,449#36,423by Thomas Poisl2 months ago
Event scheduler can be used for planning of recurring events.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Appointment SW
Up in the last 7 days:8,331#37,333by ablancodev5 months ago
Self-service appointment booking for WordPress. Calendar, arbitrary time windows, holidays, modal booking flow, REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DMValdez Cron Auditor
Up in the last 7 days:6,160#39,190by donaldmvaldez3 months ago
See every WP-Cron job on your site in one dashboard, run or pause any of them on demand, and track how long each one actually takes to run.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling contents
Down in the last 7 days:1,149#43,746by Raef Ghribi7 years ago
This plugin allows you to publish old posts from your website or just the latests and newests ones. Don't let your posts die after just a single …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Expiry Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:1,189#44,870by Volt Blocks1 year ago
Automatically expire posts by moving them to draft status based on expiry date/time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Schedule Planner
#46,436by artesea17 years ago
Displays a list of the last two posts, plus the scheduled posts on the Edit/New Post page to allow you to plan your posts schedules.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPGrock Appointment Booking
Up in the last 7 days:3,577#55,960by wpgrock20 days ago
Appointment booking with calendar scheduling, services, availability, blackout dates, popup forms, timezone support and appointment management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Booking Master
#58,098by CodeYatri7 months ago
A clean, lightweight, and event-based booking system for WordPress. Create multiple event types with unique schedules and let your clients book appoin …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Macro Tech Titan AI
Up in the last 7 days:12,472#58,109by macrotechtitan7 months ago
Automatically generates AI-powered blog posts using the Perplexity AI API, with scheduling, SEO tools, and optional AdSense integration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CodoBookings
#58,824by Junaid Hassan10 months ago
A Lightweight WordPress Booking & Appointment System
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Calendora Banners
#61,423by goldenpixel24 days ago
Schedule seasonal and evergreen promotional banners with name days, Test Mode, white-label options and optional Elementor support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Berestov Element Scheduler
#64,026by andreyberestov2 months ago
Schedule frontend element replacements by day, parity, or persistent rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Unbelievable Salon Booking
Down in the last 7 days:9,202#64,867by Özgür KARALAR2 months ago
Professional appointment booking system for barbers, beauty salons, spas and service providers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Foliocast
Down in the last 7 days:4,494#66,553by Foliocast2 days ago
Auto-post your WordPress portfolio to Instagram: posts and carousels with captions, credits and hashtags, scheduled and published on time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ahsan Review Scheduler for WooCommerce
#67,348by Ahsan Ansari5 months ago
Advanced WooCommerce review scheduling plugin with CSV import, automatic future review publishing, and native WooCommerce review management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

SmartSlot Appointment Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:2,489#67,373by PluginsKart2 months ago
A flexible WordPress appointment booking plugin for managing schedules, dynamic time slots, availability, and email notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mormat Scheduler
#67,775by mormat2 years ago
Add a Google-like scheduler to your WordPress site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Journal Scribe
Down in the last 7 days:16,978#68,036by aeeris29 days ago
Schedules and publishes blog posts. Writing and images run on the Journal Scribe generation service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Pawaposta
Down in the last 7 days:4,178#68,142by engremeka2 months ago
Turn topic lists into scheduled AI-generated WordPress drafts with your own OpenAI API key.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sawir Social Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:4,579#68,427by Ricardo Sawir3 days ago
Write once, schedule to 27 networks from wp-admin. Per-channel edits, threads, media, previews. Your tokens stay on your server.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cron Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:10,231#69,602by Juanjo Rubio1 year ago
A WordPress plugin to easily adjust the frequency of cron jobs with a user-friendly interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CronEngine
Up in the last 7 days:461#70,232by CronEngine10 days ago
Run WP-Cron on a real schedule. Scheduled posts, emails and backups run on time, even when nobody visits your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

AppointPax
#70,864by bedebanks4 months ago
Conversational appointment scheduling for WordPress with chat-style booking, services, locations and notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Koyomi Event Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:9,198#70,951by snakemouse1 month ago
A simple event calendar plugin with Japanese holiday support. (日本の祝日に対応したイベントカレンダー)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fuxux Social Poster
Down in the last 7 days:2,343#72,193by fuxux4 days ago
Automatically cross-post new WordPress content to Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and more via your Fuxux account.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day