Auto Post Expiration
by ViitorCloud Technologies Pvt Ltd · Uncategorized
Also makes 8 other plugins · 2.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple plugin allows to set the posts expire date on desire date and time which set the posts to "draft" status.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈870 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “post draft”, “post expire” and “post expire date” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 6.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 898 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 898 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| post draft your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post expire your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post expire date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| schedule post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| set post expire your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “post draft”, “post expire” and “post expire date” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 344 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 72% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jeffmeadows2.1y ago
Nice simple plugin. Does exactly what I want. Brilliant.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stephan1977m2.4y ago
No bells and whistles – simple automatic unpublishing by date. Works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matke19842.4y ago
Since version 3.0.0, the plugin no longer works. Please test your plugin before publishing it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mario Barretta2.5y ago
Also if set date and hour it not work
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple plugin allows to set the posts expire date on desire date and time which set the posts to "draft"..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 904 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "post_draft", "schedule_post" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-23 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-22 800+ → 900+ up after 124 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 900+ → 800+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 800+ → 900+ up after 145 days in tier
- 2025-04-12 700+ → 800+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2025-02-05 600+ → 700+ up after 83 days in tier
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