Allows you to set posts to appear automatically in the future, but have a post date in the past.
As of April 2026, Pre Date Future Post is a WordPress date plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.
Allows you to set posts to appear automatically in the future, but have a post date in the past.
For instance, your blog may be a diary and you need to catch up on a few entries.
You write 5 entries that cover the last couple of weeks, but want to release the
new entries in a trickle of one per day instead of just publishing them all at once.
That is where this plugin helps.
How to use it:
| WordPress | 2.3.0+ requiredTested up to 2.6.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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