Title: Auto Post Expiration
Author: ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd
Published: <strong>February 22, 2021</strong>
Last modified: May 17, 2024

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Auto Post Expiration

 By [ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viitorcloudvc/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/auto-post-expiration.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-expiration/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-expiration/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-expiration/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-expiration/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/)

## Description

A simple plugin allows to set the posts expire date on desire date and time which
set the posts to “draft” status.

You can select the date / time that you want this post to expire on. It will set
post to “draft” status and you will no longer to see post in front.

#### FEATURES:

Set post expire date and time.
 Show expire date and post status in admin column.
Support in Gutenberg sidebar. Support in classic editor sidebar.

#### Get Involved

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#### Advance Features (Pro Version)

 1. Allow to add expire date of single post/page/products/custom post types.
 2. Compatible with Gutenberg editor and classic editor.
 3. WooCommerce supported.
 4. Email notification to admin on expire date.
     Please visit [Auto Post Expiration Pro](https://viitorcloud.com/vcstore/#auto-post)
    to buy.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Expire date selection input
 * [[
 * Admin column of exipre date

## Installation

 1. Upload plugin directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go thorugh single edit post interface in backend and see option of date selector
    in right sidebar
 4. Go through All list of admin cloumn of posts and see one more column of expire 
    date.

## FAQ

### How can I use this plugin?

 1. The post expiration input box will be in the right sidebar of single post interface
    in backend.
 2. Selected expire post date will be visible in admin column of all posts.
 3. Expired date (red color) with post status will be visible in admin column.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72e43de3f9f87b8b305917b1c9b3238d87dbe4dddfe31b6309be45b4114923c1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works for me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-for-me-477/)󠁿

 [jeffmeadows](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffmeadows/) October 12, 2024

Nice simple plugin. Does exactly what I want. Brilliant.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45441573cf0fc29169e410c907d85049e9aa13a0a412ab47372d919bf39bcef1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simple. Does what we wanted.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-does-what-we-wanted/)󠁿

 [stephan1977m](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephan1977m/) June 13, 2024

No bells and whistles – simple automatic unpublishing by date. Works.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/541345fec6ede088fd9aceea15061514271a7832df32d2dea2a91740e048075c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It doesn’t work anymore](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-doesnt-work-anymore-19/)󠁿

 [matke1984](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matke1984/) May 31, 2024

Since version 3.0.0, the plugin no longer works. Please test your plugin before 
publishing it.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6f7d3eb995aa3ce0e6075e6d8f0a34a4e35a40605b61db1efc270ca9195f3fd?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Do not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-work-47/)󠁿

 [Mario Barretta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mario-barretta/) May 2, 2024 2 
replies

Also if set date and hour it not work

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Auto Post Expiration” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viitorcloudvc/)
 *   [ zamirvc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zamirvc/)

[Translate “Auto Post Expiration” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/auto-post-expiration)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-expiration/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/auto-post-expiration/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/auto-post-expiration/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/auto-post-expiration/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

1.0.0 * First public release.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **800+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.5.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4.0 or higher **
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-expiration/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3 out of 5 stars.

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 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viitorcloudvc/)
 *   [ zamirvc ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zamirvc/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auto-post-expiration/)

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