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Post Status Scheduler

Change status, categories/tags or postmeta of any post type at a scheduled timestamp.

By <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/farne/"></a>·Tags·Free
5(1 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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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.

5/51 reviews
30active installs
3.2K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

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.

Shortcodes

  • [pss_scheduled_time post_id=””] can be used to get the post’s scheduled date and time.

Filters

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_…

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Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3.1

  • Bugfix for language translation.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

farne
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.1
Last Updated
May 23, 2017
WP Requires
3.9+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
3.2K+
Added
Jun 16, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

tagspagespostspostmetacategories

Developer

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<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/farne/"></a>
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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