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Simple Post Expiration

by Syed Balkhi · Uncategorized

A simple plugin that allows you to set an expiration date on posts. Once a post is expired, "Expired" will be prefixed to the post title.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 79
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-59%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “400+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈450

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
9.8y ago
Added
2014-08-19
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
4.7.33
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-10 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2026-06-09 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
  3. 2026-06-07 500+ → 400+ down after 228 days in band
  4. 2025-10-22 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in band
  5. 2025-10-20 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in band
  6. 2025-10-17 600+ → 500+ down after 19 days in band
  7. 2025-09-28 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2025-09-27 600+ → 500+ down after 25 days in band

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Simple Post Expiration: 400+ active installs, 4.6★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-post-expiration