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Expire Content Block is a simple but powerful Gutenberg block that lets you schedule content expiration — without shortcodes, without coding, and with live visual previews while editing.
Place any blocks inside it (images, text, buttons, forms, anything), set an expiry date and time… 
After that moment, the content will automatically be hidden or replaced with a custom message.
Perfect for: 
– Limited-time promotions 
– Event registration closing 
– Temporary announcements 
– Holiday notices 
– Launch campaigns 
– Membership or course content phases
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>100% native Gutenberg block (no shortcode mess)</li>
<li>Add any blocks inside using InnerBlocks</li>
<li>Choose expiry date & time via DateTimePicker</li>
<li>Define behavior:
<ul>
<li>Hide content after expiry</li>
<li>Replace content with a custom message</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Editor preview mode shows how expired content will appear</li>
<li>Server-side rendering for accurate scheduling</li>
<li>Lightweight and fast — zero frontend JS required</li>
<li>Safe content sanitization with <code>wp_kses_post()</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>Why this plugin?</h3>
Most “timed content” plugins rely on shortcodes or old TinyMCE dialogs. 
Expire Content Block brings the experience to modern block editor standards, with intuitive UI and visual feedback.
<h3>Future PRO Features (coming soon)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Show content between specific dates</li>
<li>Multiple expiration rules per block</li>
<li>WooCommerce-based expiration triggers</li>
<li>Geolocation + time-based conditions</li>
<li>Replace with saved block patterns or templates</li>
<li>Analytics: how many times the block was shown before expiry</li>
</ul>

Expire Content Block

Block that hides or replaces content after a set date/time. Perfect for promotions, events, and temporary announcements.

wpmakedev

Students who can access your entire course on day one will binge it. By week three they are stuck, overwhelmed, or gone — and asking for refunds. You built the course as a week-by-week journey, but your delivery system does not enforce that pace.
Content Time Lock fixes this without a $179-per-year membership plugin. Choose between two unlock modes: set a fixed calendar date that applies to everyone, or set a number of days after each user registers so every student gets their own personal drip schedule. Until the content unlocks, students see a message you write. When the time arrives, the content unlocks automatically — no manual steps, no developer help required.
What you can do with it:
<ul>
<li>Lock any post, page, or custom post type until a date and time you pick. Set the unlock date right inside the post editor, one field, one click. Works with standard posts, pages, and any custom post type.</li>
<li>Drip content relative to each user’s registration date. Instead of a fixed date, set a number of days after signup — Lesson 2 unlocks 7 days after each student registers, Lesson 3 unlocks 14 days after, and so on. Every student gets their own personal schedule automatically.</li>
<li>Show students a live countdown timer. While the content is locked, students see a ticking timer — “Unlocks in 3 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes.” Three display styles to choose from: simple text, flip-card, or circular. When the countdown hits zero, the page tells them the content just unlocked and prompts a refresh.</li>
<li>Restrict by user role. Choose whether to lock content for all logged-in users, specific roles only, or guest visitors. Administrators always see everything regardless of lock settings.</li>
<li>Write your own locked-state message. Replace the default placeholder text with whatever you want students to see — HTML supported. Set a global default and override it per post when you need different messages for different lessons.</li>
<li>Add a call-to-action button on the locked screen. Point students somewhere useful while they wait — a prerequisite lesson, a community forum, or a welcome page. Custom label and URL, toggled per post.</li>
</ul>
What this plugin does not do: Content Time Lock has no payment processing, no email opt-in gates, and no membership tiers — it locks and unlocks content by date or registration offset and user role, nothing else.

Content Time Lock

Lock WordPress posts until a scheduled date or until N days after each user registers. Drip course lessons automatically — no membership plugin needed …

Expire Content Block vs Content Time Lock