Keep your WordPress content evergreen with Auto Update Post Date – a FREE simple WP plugin designed to effortlessly update your posts and boost SEO
As of April 2026, Auto Update Post Date is a WordPress auto plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2024. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Companion Auto Update.
Keep your WordPress content evergreen with Auto Update Post Date – a simple WP plugin designed to effortlessly update your posts, boost SEO, and maintain credibility with your audience. Bid farewell to outdated information as Auto Update Post Date takes care of the heavy lifting for you! The plugin is completely FREE and open source so feel free to leave feature requests or contribute on GitHub.
Scheduled Auto-Updates:
Set it and forget it! Auto Update Post Date allows you to schedule automatic updates for your posts at predefined intervals. Choose daily, weekly, or custom intervals to keep your content relevant without any manual effort.
SEO-Friendly Refresh:
Stay ahead in search engine rankings by signaling freshness. Auto Update Post Date ensures search engines recogn…
As simple as this plugin may appear, it provides an incredible amount of value. We have numerous pages that do not require frequent updates. Nevertheless, it remains essential to keep the pages current with the date of the last modification. This process is now conducted automatically. Thank you for this; please continue to maintain the functionality of this plugin!
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A great plugin – we have pages that update internally but that process doesn’t change the modified date. This fixes that.
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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