Schedule posts, pages, and custom post type to expire at a certain time.
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.
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…
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.0.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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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