Best start date plugins for WordPress
The most popular start date plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Automatic Page Publish / Expire leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of SiteMessages (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “start date” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 start date plugins
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Automatic Page Publish / ExpireThe most installed start date plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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SiteMessagesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 2 plugins tagged “start date”
Automatic Page Publish / Expire
#43,161by Harpinder15 years ago
It lets user adds start and end date of a page for publishing and after end date has been passed, page's status is automatic marked as draft.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SiteMessages
Down in the last 7 days:13,176#67,296by arcsprd3 years ago
Show Messages based on dates
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day