As of April 2026, WP Post Expires is a WordPress expire plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 3.3/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 36K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 7% this week. Top alternative: Show/Hide Content at Set Time.
3.3/514 reviews
2.0K+active installs
36K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
A simple plugin that allows to set the date for the posts, after which will be performed one of 3 actions: “Add prefix to title”, “Move to drafts”, “Move to trash”.
Features:
- Set post expire date and time
- Support custom post type (post and pages by default)
- Action for expired posts: move to drafts, move to trash or add custom prefix for title
- Adds class “post-expired” to post that expired on the site and in admin interface (for custom styles in theme)
Use in theme:
XNPostExpires::isExpired($post_id)
XNPostExpires::dateExpiration($post_id, $date_format)
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Ratings & Reviews
3.314 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works Great
by sarahgardnerpointright·4 years ago
Works great, I use it on several sites.
Is this plugin no longer being supported?
by Sea Jay·5 years ago·2 replies
Update 3/8/21.
Not working with 5.6.2.
Several issues from earlier support tickets seem to still be unresolved.
The time-picker isn’t appearing under the calendar picker.
Custom Post Types aren’t being expired.
I notice that support tickets going back one year haven’t been answered.
Is this plugin being supported?
working
by nishantvermathebest·7 years ago
guys, it is working completely fine. I personally tested on 5.1.1 wordpress. read the installation instruction. Thanks team.
Date Picker Doesn’t Work
by Kazam Creative·7 years ago
Upon first installation, the date picker doesn’t work when trying to set the expiry date. Well, that basically renders this plugin useless.
Great idea, but needs to work properly first.
not working
by especially·7 years ago
>>This plugin turns posts to a blank page when set a date to expire.
same with me. Any ideas?
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 7This week: 47Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
96.9%
Other
3.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.2.5
fix bug loop expire. Tnx @d79 (https://github.com/d79)
versiob wp 5.5.3
Contributors
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