Old Post Notice

Automatically display a customizable notice on posts older than a set number of days.

Keep your readers informed about outdated content with the Old Post Notice WordPress plugin. Perfect for blogs and websites with extensive archives, it automatically displays a customizable notice on posts older than a set number of days.

Ideal for managing archived posts, alerting visitors, and improving content engagement.

Benefits

1. Inform Readers About Outdated Content
   Use the Old Post Notice plugin to alert visitors when a post is older than a set number of days, helping maintain trust and improve user experience on blogs and websites.

2. Highlight Time-Sensitive Information
   Perfect for news blogs, tutorials, or guides where information can become outdated. The notice can include the post’s published or modified date to provide context.

3. Manage Archived Posts
   Access a comprehensive dashboard page that lists all posts displaying the old post notice, giving you complete visibility and control over your archive content management.

4. Improve Blog Engagement
   Encourage readers to explore newer posts by clearly marking older content, increasing page views and engagement on your site.

5. Customize Notices for Branding
   Use default styling or custom CSS to match your blog’s design, ensuring the old post notice fits seamlessly with your site’s look and feel.

Example Use Case: Jane’s Travel Blog

Jane runs a popular WordPress travel blog with hundreds of posts spanning several years. She wants to alert readers to outdated content so visitors aren’t misled by old information, like hotel prices or travel tips that have changed.

By installing the Old Post Notice plugin, Jane can:

• Automatically display a customizable old post notice on posts older than a set number of days.
• Include the published or modified date in the notice for context.
• Style the notice with default colors or use custom CSS to match her blog design.
• View and manage all posts with notices via the dashboard page and widget, making archive post management easy.

This setup improves user experience, boosts blog engagement, and ensures that visitors are aware of outdated content, all while maintaining a polished, professional look on her WordPress site.

Features

• Enable or disable the old post notice.
• Customize the notice text and styling.
• Insert the post’s published or modified date into the notice.
• Set how many days old a post must be for the notice to appear.
• Display notice based on published or modified dates.
• Position the notice above or below post content.
• Use default styling or custom CSS for full control.
• Set background and text colors for the notice.
• Add a dashboard page listing all posts with notices.
• Add a dashboard widget showing selected posts with notices.
• Replace or append to the default notice on individual posts.
• Perfect for managing archived posts and keeping content up-to-date.

Usage

After installation, access the settings under Settings > Old Post Notice. Once enabled, the notice will appear on old posts according to your configured settings.

Filter Hooks

• old_post_notice_before_append( \$append_content ) – Add content before an appended notice set on a post.

Installation

Please see this documentation.

Updates

Please see this documentation.

1. 

   Post displaying the old post notice.

2. 

   Includes several settings to configure the old post notice.

3. 

   Adds a page under the Posts menu that lists all posts displaying the old post notice.

4. 

   Adds a widget to the dashboard homepage that lists all posts displaying the old post notice.

5. 

   Replace or append to the default notice when editing a post.

2.1.0 – 2025-10-20

• Add: Old post notice metabox to old posts
• Add: Replace or append to default notice functionality when editing old posts
• Add: old_post_notice_before_append filter hook
• Update: Allow HTML in notice
• Update: Inherit notice text color on links added in notices
• Fix: Add catches for get_the_modified_date() and get_the_date() returning false in certain circumstances

2.0.0 – 2025-10-16

• Update: Assets now minified
• Update: Better AJAX responses for error handling
• Update: Complete code refactor

1.3.2 – 2024-11-10

• Update: Contribute information

1.3.1 – 2024-11-04

• Remove: Sponsor information

1.3.0 – 2024-10-16

• Add: Dashboard widget posts setting
• Update: Color variables naming consistency to match option names
• Update: register_setting sanitize callback

1.2.1 – 2024-10-09

• Add: Days setting max attribute
• Update: Dashboard page configure settings button renamed
• Update: Dashboard widget title changed
• Update: Information in readme.txt
• Update: Nag text

1.2.0 – 2024-10-07

• Add: Dashboard page under the posts menu that displays all posts that are displaying the old post notice, disabled by default
• Update: Dashboard widget now loads a limited amount of data and includes a link to view all via the dashboard page
• Update: Dashboard widget now loads data via AJAX
• Update: Dashboard widget visibility only to users with edit_posts capability

1.1.0 – 2024-10-04

• Add: Dashboard widget displaying a selection of posts that are displaying the old post notice, disabled by default
• Update: Public CSS for old post notice is now only enqueued if the old post notice setting is enabled and the styling setting is not none

1.0.1 – 2024-10-02

• Add: Donate link in readme.txt
• Update: Conditions in uninstall.php
• Update: FAQs in readme.txt

1.0.0 – 2024-10-01

• New: Plugin released