A simple plugin that changes the date of your posts to any random date in the past or future, with an option to exclude some posts.
As of April 2026, Random Post Date is a WordPress post dates plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Date Randomizer.
Random Post Date is a simple plugin that bulk changes the dates of all published posts to any random date in the past or future. It comes with a simple (but powerful) “Random Post Date” setting where you can set the time range for the post randomization and the post type (it auto-detects all post types existing on your website).
It supports all time ranges from past or future. Post with dates in the future will be sheduled.
It also supports post exclusion if you want to exclude some posts from the randomization.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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