Creotec Content Expiration Manager for WordPress Plugin Directory

Creotec Content Expiration Manager adds simple content lifecycle management to WordPress:

Add an expiration date/time to posts, pages, and public custom post types.

Choose what happens when content expires:

Change status to Draft

Make Private/Password Protect (unpublish)

Redirect to another URL (301 or 302)

Replace content with a custom “expired” message

Display an “Expired” banner at the top of the post

Move content to the bin/trash

Optional pre-expiration reminder email to the site admin address.

Reliable processing:

Runs on WP-Cron every 10 minutes

Includes a lightweight fallback check on normal WordPress requests (throttled)

Admin overview page:

Expiring Soon (next 30 days)

Already Expired

Bulk actions (extend date, disable expiration)

Reusable templates for redirect, banner, and replacement-content actions.

Per-post-type enabling/disabling under Settings > Post Expiration.

List-table indicator icons show which posts have expiration enabled.

No external services, no analytics, no licensing system.

Usage

Edit any supported post type.

In the “Expiration” box:

Check “Enable expiration”.

Set an “Expiration date & time” (site timezone).

Optionally choose a reminder email (1/3/7 days before).

Choose what happens when it expires.

Update/publish the post.

To manage expirations site-wide:

* Go to WP Admin > Expirations

* Use tabs:

* Expiring Soon (next 30 days)

* Already Expired

* Use bulk actions:

* Extend by 7 days

* Extend by 30 days

* Disable expiration

To choose which post types support expiration:

* Go to Settings > Expirations.

To create reusable expiration templates:

* Go to Settings > Expirations.

* Create templates for redirects, banners, or replacement content.

* When editing a post, choose a template in the relevant expiration action. Template edits are reflected anywhere that template is selected.

Restore original content (Replace action) When the action is “Replace content with a message”, the plugin saves the original content when the expiration is processed.

After that, a “Restore original content” button appears in the Expiration meta box, allowing you to restore the saved content and disable expiration for that item.

Expiration processing & reliability This plugin does not rely solely on WP-Cron.

Primary: WP-Cron runs every 10 minutes to process reminders and expirations.

Fallback: A lightweight check runs on WordPress requests (throttled via transient) to ensure expirations still trigger even if cron is delayed.

Notes about caching:

* Some full-page caches may serve pages without executing PHP. In those cases, expirations will still process when WordPress runs (admin requests, REST requests, cron, etc.).

* On expiration, the plugin triggers an action hook so caching plugins/site code can purge caches:

do_action( ‘creocem_post_expired’, $post_id, $action );

Hooks

creocem_post_expired – Fires after a post is processed as expired.

Parameters: (int) $post_id, (string) $action

License This plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.

This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

Credits Developed and maintained by Michael Gbadebo @ Creotec Limited.