Unpublish Adds a setting under Publish in the WordPress post editor screen to allow unpublishing a post at a given date.

A Human Made project.

Have you ever wished you could set a post to be unpublished automatically at a preset date? Well now you can!

Introducing Unpublish

This plugin does one thing : it adds a setting to the post editor screen under the Publish section which allows you to enter a date by which the post will not be published anymore.

Installation

1. Upload the unpublish folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or just upload the ZIP package via Plugins > Add New > Upload in your WP Admin.
2. Activate the plugin through thePlugins menu in WordPress.
3. Place add_post_type_support( 'post', 'unpublish' ); in your theme's functions.php for example.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it work with any post type?

Yes, as long as you modify the code accordingly:

$types = array( 'post', 'page' );
foreach( $types as $type ) {
	add_post_type_support( $type, 'unpublish' );`
}

Changelog

= 1.3 =

• Fix bug where unpublished posts can not be restored from trash. Props ginaliao.

= 1.2 =

• Protect meta key

= 1.1 =

• Move unpublish field to appear immediatly below the publish date.
• Alter schedule as post meta updates.
• Match formatting of unpublish and publish time.
• Ensure schedule is removed when posts are trashed.

Credits

Created by Human Made for high volume and large-scale sites. Thanks to all our contributors.

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