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Athena Post Expiration

Schedule posts, pages, and custom post type to expire at a certain time.

By Bright Thought, LLC·Expire·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, Athena Post Expiration is a WordPress expire plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Show/Hide Content at Set Time.

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.1K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Schedule posts, pages, and custom post types to expire using various expire options. The expiration options include draft, delete, private, password protect, and category assignment. If you have numerous posts that require the same expiration date that may change in the future assign an expiration profile. You are able to change the expiration date for numerous posts in one simple location.

Email notification is available to expiration profiles to remind you of the exact profile, date and time that it’s set to expire. Profiles work great if you have posts or pages surrounding a sale that you need to expire at a certain date.

When you use profiles in any post type they take precedence over assigning an individual date or action on that post. Make sure that you deselect any profile i…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.0.0
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.0

Initial Release

1.0.3

Updated timezone recognition from general settings for time display. Fixed method calls.

1.0.4

Updated error with timezone determination

1.0.6

Update the enqueueing of assets

1.0.7

Fix admin js issue

1.0.8
Fix enqueueing order of scripts

1.0.9
Fix saving issue and issue with display correct timezone on schedule posts

1.0.10
Fix setting not saving

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Contributors

Bright Thought, LLCBright Thought, LLC
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.1
Last Updated
Jun 25, 2022
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
6.0.0
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.1K+
Added
Jul 6, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

expireexpirationpost type draftpost type deletepost delete schedule

Developer

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Bright Thought, LLC
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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