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

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
  3. Use the Tools->Unpublish Queue screen to view posts in the queue to be unpublished.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this plugin also schedule publishing a post?

No, this functionality is already built into WordPress. You can do this by scheduling the post date in the future.

Review feed

pk2000
5/23/2025

Does 1 thing

Great plugin, does what it says on the tin.

Screenshots

  1. The schedule unpublish field is added as a meta box on the edit post screen.

    The schedule unpublish field is added as a meta box on the edit post screen.

  2. The post Unpublish Queue can be viewed under the Tools menu.

    The post Unpublish Queue can be viewed under the Tools menu.

Changelog

0.1.0

  • Release

Initial release.