Best update posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular update posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Gravity Forms (300+) and FreshenUp (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “update posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 update posts plugins
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Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress FutureThe most installed update posts plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 173 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Gravity Forms300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 3.
FreshenUpFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Content FreshnessFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “update posts”

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future
Down in the last 7 days:2#404by PublishPress17 days ago
PublishPress Future can make scheduled changes to your content. You can unpublish posts, move posts to a new status, update the categories, and more.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(173)
- Downloads
- 1.7K/day

Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:38#11,110by Jupitercow11 years ago
Allows you to use Gravity Forms to update any post on the front end.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

FreshenUp
Up in the last 7 days:13,905#53,727by Julian Yanover3 months ago
Programmatic updates for your old WP posts
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Content Freshness
Down in the last 7 days:109#61,238by Luis Reginaldo Medilo1 year ago
Keep your content fresh and up to date! Content Freshness plugin shows a list of posts that have not been updated for a set period of time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day