Change status, categories/tags or postmeta of any post type at a scheduled timestamp.
As of April 2026, Post Status Scheduler is a WordPress tags plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.
Post Status Scheduler allows for scheduling of post status changes, category/tag adding or removing and
removing of postmeta on any given date or time. It can be activated on any post type and shows
up on the post edit screen in the publish section. From version 1.0.0 it has a feature for sending
an email notification to the post author on the scheduled update.
Scheduled Update:
* post_status_scheduler_before_execution
* post_status_scheduler_after_execution
Email Notification ( version 1.0.0 ):
* post_status_scheduler_email_notification_recipient_email
* post_status_scheduler_email_notification_subject
* post_status_scheduler_email_notification_date
* post_status_…
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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