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<p>Creotec Content Expiration Manager adds simple content lifecycle management to WordPress:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add an expiration date/time to posts, pages, and public custom post types.</li>
<li>Choose what happens when content expires:
<ul>
<li>Change status to Draft</li>
<li>Make Private/Password Protect (unpublish)</li>
<li>Redirect to another URL (301 or 302)</li>
<li>Replace content with a custom “expired” message</li>
<li>Display an “Expired” banner at the top of the post</li>
<li>Move content to the bin/trash</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Optional pre-expiration reminder email to the site admin address.</li>
<li>Reliable processing:
<ul>
<li>Runs on WP-Cron every 10 minutes</li>
<li>Includes a lightweight fallback check on normal WordPress requests (throttled)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Admin overview page:
<ul>
<li>Expiring Soon (next 30 days)</li>
<li>Already Expired</li>
<li>Bulk actions (extend date, disable expiration)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Reusable templates for redirect, banner, and replacement-content actions.</li>
<li>Per-post-type enabling/disabling under Settings > Post Expiration.</li>
<li>List-table indicator icons show which posts have expiration enabled.</li>
</ul>
<p>No external services, no analytics, no licensing system.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Edit any supported post type.</li>
<li>In the “Expiration” box:
<ul>
<li>Check “Enable expiration”.</li>
<li>Set an “Expiration date & time” (site timezone).</li>
<li>Optionally choose a reminder email (1/3/7 days before).</li>
<li>Choose what happens when it expires.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update/publish the post.</li>
</ol>
<p>To manage expirations site-wide:<br />
* Go to WP Admin > Expirations<br />
  * Use tabs:<br />
    * Expiring Soon (next 30 days)<br />
    * Already Expired<br />
  * Use bulk actions:<br />
    * Extend by 7 days<br />
    * Extend by 30 days<br />
    * Disable expiration</p>
<p>To choose which post types support expiration:<br />
* Go to Settings > Expirations.</p>
<p>To create reusable expiration templates:<br />
* Go to Settings > Expirations.<br />
* Create templates for redirects, banners, or replacement content.<br />
* When editing a post, choose a template in the relevant expiration action. Template edits are reflected anywhere that template is selected.</p>
<h3>Restore original content (Replace action)</h3>
<p>When the action is “Replace content with a message”, the plugin saves the original content when the expiration is processed.<br />
After that, a “Restore original content” button appears in the Expiration meta box, allowing you to restore the saved content and disable expiration for that item.</p>
<h3>Expiration processing & reliability</h3>
<p>This plugin does not rely solely on WP-Cron.</p>
<ul>
<li>Primary: WP-Cron runs every 10 minutes to process reminders and expirations.</li>
<li>Fallback: A lightweight check runs on WordPress requests (throttled via transient) to ensure expirations still trigger even if cron is delayed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes about caching:<br />
* Some full-page caches may serve pages without executing PHP. In those cases, expirations will still process when WordPress runs (admin requests, REST requests, cron, etc.).<br />
* On expiration, the plugin triggers an action hook so caching plugins/site code can purge caches:<br />
      do_action( ‘creocem_post_expired’, $post_id, $action );</p>
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>creocem_post_expired</code> – Fires after a post is processed as expired.
<ul>
<li>Parameters: (int) $post_id, (string) $action</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify<br />
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by<br />
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or<br />
(at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br />
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br />
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the<br />
GNU General Public License for more details.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed and maintained by <a href="https://www.creotec.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Michael Gbadebo @ Creotec Limited</a>.</p>


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