Fresh Reminder

Fresh Reminder helps you monitor how fresh your posts are and when they need updating.
It automatically calculates the age of your posts based on the last modified date and marks them as:

– ✅ Reviewed – Manually confirmed as up to date.
– ⚠️ Unreviewed – Not updated for a long time and requires attention.

The plugin adds a dashboard page showing all your posts sorted by freshness, so you can easily identify which content needs updates.

Ideal for bloggers, SEO specialists, and content managers who want to maintain up-to-date content and improve their website’s search performance.

Features

• Automatic content freshness indicator on posts.
• Custom admin dashboard listing all posts with freshness status.
• Filter posts by category, status, or keyword.
• Built-in search for quick access to specific posts.
• “Pin to CheckBucket” — temporarily save posts that need manual review.
• CheckBucket section to manage pinned posts.
• Plugin Settings Page to customize freshness thresholds (e.g., 15/60/120 days).
• AJAX-powered dashboard for smooth interactions without page reloads.
• Optimized caching for improved performance.
• Lightweight and secure — no external API calls.
• Works immediately after activation.

Roadmap

• Integration with OpenAI API to suggest automatic post updates.
• REST API endpoints for freshness data.
• Admin analytics chart to visualize content freshness over time.

License

This plugin is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.

Author

Developed by Hasun Akash Bandara
GitHub: https://github.com/hasunB
Email: [email protected]

Automatic Installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option — WordPress will handle the file transfer and you won’t need to leave your browser.
To install Fresh Reminder automatically:

1. Log in to your WordPress Admin dashboard.
2. Navigate to Plugins → Add New.
3. In the search bar, type “Fresh Reminder”.
4. Locate the plugin in the search results and click Install Now.
5. After installation, click Activate.

WordPress will take care of the rest.

Manual Installation

If you prefer to install the plugin manually:

1. Download the plugin ZIP file or clone from GitHub:
   git clone https://github.com/hasunB/fresh-reminder.git
2. Upload the folder fresh-reminder to your WordPress /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
3. Activate Fresh Reminder from your WordPress Admin.
4. Go to Fresh Reminder in the WordPress Admin sidebar to view all post freshness data.

For detailed instructions, refer to the WordPress Plugin Handbook or the WordPress Codex on manual plugin installation.

Updating

Automatic updates should work without any issues.
However, it is always recommended to back up your website before performing any plugin update—especially on production sites.

Fresh Reminder follows WordPress coding standards and versioning, so updates are safe and tested with the latest WordPress releases.

1. 

   Home page

2. 

   Check bucket page

3. 

   Settings page

1.2.0 – Upcoming

• Add daily cron job to email admin about stale posts.
• Add admin notifications for posts nearing “stale” threshold.
• Add translation support (.pot file).
• Add Gutenberg sidebar block for real-time freshness info.
• Add dropdown in search to filter by posts/products/author/keyword.

1.1.4 – 2025-12-06

• Added proper plugin prefix to all functions, classes, options, scripts, and AJAX actions.
• Added ABSPATH protection to all PHP files for improved security.
• Updated outdated Bootstrap JavaScript file to the latest stable version.
• Fixed license mismatch — readme.txt and LICENSE now both correctly declare GPLv2 or later.
• Added plugin author to the Contributors list in readme.txt.
• Replaced inline <script> and <style> tags in admin pages with properly enqueued files following WordPress standards.
• Updated logger system — logs are now stored safely inside the uploads directory instead of the root/content folder.

1.1.2 – 2025-11-09

• WordPress Standard Code Update
• Added manual library integration for plugin standards compliance.
• Introduced FR_Logger class for structured logging (active only when WP_DEBUG is enabled).
• Added Font Awesome v4 compatibility with local WOFF2 font file.

1.1.1 – 2025-11-07

• Fixed responsive layout issues on dashboard and widget interfaces.
• Resolved core function errors affecting freshness status calculations.
• Added a custom admin menu icon for better WordPress integration.
• Improved admin navbar display with modern styling and adaptive design.
• Fixed misaligned dashboard elements on smaller viewports.
• Fixed caching issue causing delayed freshness updates.
• Fixed admin icon not showing in some themes.
• Minor CSS and JS refactoring to ensure consistent UI behavior.

1.1.0 – 2025-10-31

• Major Feature Update
• Enhanced content freshness tracking accuracy.
• Added status-based and category-based filtering.
• Implemented search for posts by title or tag.
• Introduced “Pin to CheckBucket” for manual review management.
• Added CheckBucket dashboard for pinned posts.
• Introduced settings page to customize freshness thresholds.
• Improved dashboard with AJAX (no reloads).
• Optimized caching for faster freshness calculations.
• UI/UX and security improvements.

1.0.0 – 2025-10-05

• Initial Release
• Added automatic freshness indicator (Reviewed, Stale) on each post.
• Introduced admin dashboard listing all posts with freshness status and last updated date.
• Added plugin initialization, constants, and ABSPATH protection.