Title: ContentCortex – Outdated Content Alerts
Author: Selvakumar Duraipandian
Published: <strong>October 25, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 25, 2026

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# ContentCortex – Outdated Content Alerts

 By [Selvakumar Duraipandian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/selvasudar/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/contentcortex.1.0.0.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contentcortex/)

## Description

**ContentCortex – Outdated Content Alerts** helps editorial and content teams find
published posts, pages, and custom post types that have not been updated within 
a defined cadence (e.g., 90 days, 180 days, or a custom duration).

Features include:
 * **Per-Post-Type Day Limits**: Configure independent freshness
targets for Posts, Pages, and any registered public custom post type. * **Outdated
Content Report Table**: Filter by post type and author, search by title, and sort
by staleness. * **Mark as Reviewed**: Reset the outdated clock for an article without
updating `post_modified_gmt` or triggering sitemap/SEO changes. * **Exclusions**:
Exclude specific articles or entire categories/tags from ever appearing in reports.***
Automated Email Digests**: Send weekly, monthly, or quarterly HTML summaries to 
team members with customizable branding, logos, and placeholders. * **Theme Overrides**:
Developers can completely customize email markup via theme templates (`{theme}/contentcortex/
email/digest.php`). * **CSV Export**: Export filtered content reports with built-
in CSV formula injection protection. * **Dashboard Widget & Menu Badge**: Instantly
see how many items need review from your WordPress dashboard.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `contentcortex` directory to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Navigate to **Outdated Content > Settings** to configure enabled post types, day
    limits, and email digest schedules.

## FAQ

### Does “Mark as reviewed” modify my post modified date?

No. Marking an item as reviewed updates a private meta timestamp (`_ocap_last_reviewed`).
It does not modify `post_modified_gmt`, ensuring sitemaps and search engine update
signals remain clean.

### How does the email digest schedule work?

Digests are scheduled via WordPress WP-Cron for your preferred day, time, and recurrence(
weekly, monthly, or quarterly). For low-traffic sites, configuring a system-level
cron job is recommended.

### Can I customize the email template?

Yes! You can customize colors, headers, intros, footers, and logos directly in the
admin settings with a real-time live preview. Additionally, developers can copy `
templates/email/digest.php` to `{theme}/contentcortex/email/digest.php` to customize
the HTML.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“ContentCortex – Outdated Content Alerts” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Selvakumar Duraipandian ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/selvasudar/)

[Translate “ContentCortex – Outdated Content Alerts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contentcortex)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [content audit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-audit/)[content refresh](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-refresh/)
   [editorial workflow](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editorial-workflow/)[outdated content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/outdated-content/)
   [Publishers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/publishers/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contentcortex/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Selvakumar Duraipandian ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/selvasudar/)

## Support

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