Auto Prune Posts
Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once.
4.2(10 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Auto Prune Posts is a WordPress mass plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 49K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Downloads are up 22% this week. Top alternative: Bulk Move.
4.2/510 reviews
1.0K+active installs
49K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts or pages after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once).
Handy if you want to have posts with a limited timeframe such as offers, coupons etc..
Posts will auto delete on a per category basis: single category OR all categories at once.
All (custom)post types are supported. (CPT support)
Will also trash post attachments.
Sends notification to site admin (can be turned off).
No cronjob needed 🙂
- Coding by: MijnPress.nl Mastodon profile More plugins
- Idea by Nostromo.nl
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Reliable way to delete old posts
by mquiggeorgia·1 year ago
This plugin works well to automatically delete old posts on a schedule. We use it to remove everything 2 years old and over to keep website from getting bogged down with stale posts. Thank you!
Works fine on WP 6.1.1
by Bat n Ball·3 years ago·1 reply
I realise this plugin hasn’t been updated for a while but I just wanted to say it’s great and works well on the most recent version of WordPress. At the time of writing, that was 6.1.1
Cheers 👍
Throws errors on activation.
by kenrichman·6 years ago
Needs to be updated; too many errors thrown. Hopefully this will be attended to as it’s a really useful plugin otherwise.
Good Job
by khizaralikhan·7 years ago
Works Perfectly
no errors faced yet
Lifesaver!
by angeljs·7 years ago
Thank you for this plugin, it’s saved me a lot of time, trouble and space!
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.1
52.6%
v1.6
16.8%
v2.0
15.5%
v3.0
10.4%
v1.7
4.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.1.1
Bugfix: Re-added the framework
Contributors
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