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This plugin allows you to archive your WordPress content similar to the way you archive your e-mail. Unlike other archiving solutions though this actually does it all and does it properly
<ul>
<li>Makes a new post status available in the drop down called Archived</li>
<li>Hides or removes your content without having to trash the content</li>
<li>Content can either be hidden entirely from public view or simply from the main loop and feed and pages, with other solutions you can only hide it from public view.</li>
<li>Allows you to add a label to the title of those posts/pages etc that are archived</li>
<li>Allows you to add a message to the top of the post/page etc that the content is no longer up too date</li>
<li>Allows you to set an archiving date after which content is automatically changed to having an archived status</li>
<li>Compatible with posts, pages and custom post types</li>
</ul>
This plugin is ideal for sites where certain kinds of content is not meant to be evergreen
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LH Archived Post Status


When Automattic developed WordPress, it had a crazy notion of what an 'archive' is. 20+ years later, we're stuck to the same definition: WP considers that an 'archive' is really just a list of past articles, neatly ordered by month/year.



But that's not the case. A real Archive is a place where you can store posts that are not relevant any longer — thus keeping them away from the Loop — but without deleting them, because, naturally enough, the whole point of having an Archive is to allow search engines and backlinks to 'old' articles to still work correctly.



This is the whole point of this simple plugin: to allow to add a new status to every post/page, classifying it as having been archived. This means that the post/page will not require any changes: it doesn't need to be deleted, change its category, add any tags, or simply set to Draft (so that it doesn't appear). Instead, posts and pages stay exactly as they were before — just with a new status (beyond the classic ones, i.e., published, private, draft).



Because this status is an addition, this means that all well-behaved plugins and themes will not recognise it as a valid status (i.e. when checking if a post is published, the theme/plugin will not find the archived posts), and so they effectively 'disappear' from the visibility status of most 3rd party code. That's exactly what we expect to happen with an 'archived' post. And that's precisely what this plugin does, and does quite well; as such, it comes as highly recommended by many reviewers, and ranks high on their lists of 'best' plugins for a specific purpose.



The plugin itself is well-written, strictly follows all coding guidelines as set by Automattic and the developer community, regularly maintained, and has very reasonable support on the forums: issues are opened, followed up by the author, and closed when resolved or when threads become stale due to lack of activity. Documentation is minimal, because the plugin is so simple to activate and use (and not because anything is missing).



Sadly, at the time of writing this (July 2023), this plugin suffers from a dependency of a third-party library which, unfortunately, breaks the posting workflow, introducing a new way of saving new posts which is not only counter-intuitive, but lacks essential functionality. Work is under progress to restore the normal functionality of the posting workflow, but, until that happens (which is beyond the plugin author's control), it means that you very likely won't wish to use this plugin on any WordPress site that is used by more than one author.



I will certainly review my classification in the future, once this major issue gets resolved, and LH Archived Post Status works again, flawlessly integrated into the WordPress posting workflow, as it did in pre-Gutenberg days.


If you need to have a real Archive, this is the plugin you want

Allows posts and pages to be archived so you can remove content from the main loop and feed without having to trash it.

andergmartins

Steve Burge

Kevin Behrens

PublishPress

Have you ever wanted to label a WordPress post something other than “Draft” or “Pending Review”? The <a href="https://publishpress.com/statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Statuses</a> plugin can help.
PublishPress Statuses allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. For example, you can add statuses such as “In Progress”, “Needs Work”, or “Rejected”. You can also control which users can move posts to each status.
<h3>Why Use PublishPress Statuses?</h3>
WordPress provides you with only two statuses for your post: “Draft” or “Pending Review”. This means that before your content is published it can only be labeled as “Draft” or “Pending Review”.
Those statuses are too limiting for many publishers. For example, what label should you use for content that is assigned to a writer? What label should you use for a post that needs work, or has been rejected? With the PublishPress Statuses plugin, you can add new statuses that accurately describe the stages of your publishing process.
There are two types of statuses:
<ul>
<li>Pre-Publication Statues: For posts that are unpublished.</li>
<li>Visibility Statuses: For posts that are published.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pre-Publication Statuses</h3>
Go to the “Statuses” area in your WordPress site and you’ll six different statuses. This is the <a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/main-workflow/" rel="nofollow ugc">main workflow</a>. Every post on your site must use this workflow. However, with PublishPress Statuses, you can move, rearrange and add to this workflow.
<ul>
<li>Draft: This is the WordPress default status and can not be modified. </li>
<li>Pitch: This is a new status. You can use this status to indicate the post is just an idea.</li>
<li>Assigned: This is a new status. You can use this status to show the post has been given to a writer.</li>
<li>In Progress: This is a new status. You can use this status to if the post is being worked on.</li>
<li>Approved: This is a new status. You can use this status to when the post has been accepted and it ready for publication.</li>
<li>Pending Review: This is a core WordPress status and can not be modified.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/start-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to see how to create and use statuses</a>.
In addition to the default workflow, PublishPress Statuses allows you to create <a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/alternate-workflow/" rel="nofollow ugc">alternate workflows</a>. These statuses are for content that is not on a direct path to publication. Examples of these alternate workflows include “Deferred”, “Needs Work” and “Rejected”.
<h3>Custom Permissions for Pre-Published Statuses</h3>
PublishPress Statuses allows to decide which users can move content to which statuses. Go to “Statuses” then “Settings” and click the “Roles” tab. This allows you to choose which user roles can move a post to this status.
<a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/statuses-options/" rel="nofollow ugc">See how control access to statuses</a>.
You can take this further and decide who assign, edit, and delete content in each status. This is possible if you also use the PublishPress Permissions Pro plugin.
<a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/extended-capabilities-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to see add advanced capabilities to statuses</a>.
<h3>Visibility Statuses</h3>
<a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/custom-visibility-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Visibility Statuses</a> allow you to control who can access published content on your WordPress site.
The PublishPress Statuses plugin integrates with the <a href="https://publishpress.com/permissions/" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Permissions Pro</a> plugin. This integration allows you to create custom visibility statuses and control who can access the content on the front of your WordPress site.
We call this feature “Custom Visibility Statuses” because WordPress has three core visibility statuses:
<ul>
<li>Scheduled: This post is scheduled for future publication.</li>
<li>Published: This post is available to general public.</li>
<li>Private: This post is published for users logged in to your WordPress site.</li>
</ul>
Using PublishPress Statuses and PublishPress Permissions Pro together, you can add your own custom visibility statuses.
<h3>Custom Permissions for Visibility Statuses</h3>
The PublishPress Statuses plugin integrates with the PublishPress Permissions Pro plugins and PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugins. These allow you to control capabilities for each visibility status. You can decide who can assign, read, edit and delete content in each status.
<a href="https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/custom-capabilities-visibility-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">See how control access to visibility statuses</a>.
You can take this further and decide who assign, edit, and delete content in each status. This is possible if you also use the PublishPress Permissions Pro plugin.
<h3>Join PublishPress and get the Pro plugins</h3>
The Pro versions of the PublishPress plugins are well worth your investment. The Pro versions have extra features and faster support. <a href="https://publishpress.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to join PublishPress</a>.
Join PublishPress and you’ll get access to these Pro plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/authors" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Authors Pro</a> allows you to add multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/blocks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Blocks Pro</a> has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/capabilities" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Capabilities Pro</a> is the plugin to manage your WordPress user roles, permissions, and capabilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/checklists" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Checklists Pro</a> enables you to define tasks that must be completed before content is published.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/future" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Future Pro</a> is the plugin for scheduling changes to your posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/permissions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Permissions Pro</a> is the plugin for restricted content and advanced WordPress permissions.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/publishpress" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Planner Pro</a> is the plugin for managing and scheduling WordPress content.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/revisions" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Revisions Pro</a> allows you to update your published pages with teamwork and precision.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/series" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Series Pro</a> enables you to group content together into a series.</li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/shortlinks" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Shortlinks Pro</a> allows you to create custom URLs for your posts and external links. </li>
<li><a href="https://publishpress.com/statuses" rel="nofollow ugc">PublishPress Statuses Pro</a> enables you to create additional publishing steps for your posts.</li>
</ul>
Together, these plugins are a suite of powerful publishing tools for WordPress. If you need to create a professional workflow in WordPress, with moderation, revisions, permissions and more, then you should try PublishPress.
<h3>Bug Reports</h3>
Bug reports for PublishPress Statuses are welcomed in our <a href="https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-statuses" rel="nofollow ugc">repository on GitHub</a>. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that are not properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

PublishPress Statuses – Custom Post Status and Workflow

The PublishPress Statuses plugin allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. You can use each status to create publishing workflows.

LH Archived Post Status vs PublishPress Statuses – Custom Post Status and Workflow