Schedule Unpublish
A plugin to schedule an unpublish date and time field when editing posts. A scheduled task runs hourly in the background to update the post status.
Maintenance 40/100249d since update
Active installs
30
Downloads
570
Reviews
1
Age
0.7y
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Plugin info
Total downloads: 570
Active installs: 30
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/24/2025 (249 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/24/2025 (0 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.0
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 249 days ago • 1 reviews
40/100
Is Schedule Unpublish abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 249 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.0
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Description
A plugin to schedule an unpublish date and time field when editing posts. A scheduled task runs hourly in the background to update the post status.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/pluginsdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
- Use the Tools->Unpublish Queue screen to view posts in the queue to be unpublished.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, this functionality is already built into WordPress. You can do this by scheduling the post date in the future.
Review feed
pk2000
Does 1 thing
Great plugin, does what it says on the tin.
Changelog
0.1.0
- Release
Initial release.

