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WP Unpublish

WP Unpublish adds a post status "Unpublished" to your WordPress Posts (Classic Editor).

By Alexandre Froger·Workflow·Free
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·40 active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Unpublish is a WordPress workflow plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Zapier for WordPress.

0/5Rating
40active installs
2.2K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

Consider the 8 default post statuses that WordPress uses by default:
* Publish: Viewable by everyone. (publish)
* Future: Scheduled to be published in a future date. (future)
* Draft: Incomplete post viewable by anyone with proper user role. (draft)
* Pending: Awaiting a user with the publish_posts capability (typically a user assigned the Editor role) to publish. (pending)
* Private: Viewable only to WordPress users at Administrator level. (private)
* Trash: Posts in the Trash are assigned the trash status. (trash)
* Auto-Draft: Revisions that WordPress saves automatically while you are editing. (auto-draft)
* Inherit – Used with a child post (such as Attachments and Revisions) to determine the actual status from the parent post. (inherit)

A typical publishing workflow would be:
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Compatibility

WordPress4.9.5+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25
PHP7.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.1

  • Fix warning on non-post edit pages
  • WC tested up to: 3.9.2
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Alexandre FrogerAlexandre Froger
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.1
Last Updated
Feb 21, 2020
WP Requires
4.9.5+
Tested Up To
5.0.25
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
2.2K+
Added
Apr 24, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

workflowpost statuspublication

Developer

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Alexandre Froger
12 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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