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Auto Prune Posts

Description

Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts or pages after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once).
Handy if you want to have posts with a limited timeframe such as offers, coupons etc..
Posts will auto delete on a per category basis: single category OR all categories at once.
All (custom)post types are supported. (CPT support)
Will also trash post attachments.
Sends notification to site admin (can be turned off).
No cronjob needed 🙂

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Screenshots

  • Start overview
  • All options, you can update or delete each setting
  • Advanced options

Installation

  1. Upload directory auto_prune_posts to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Visit Plugins menu to configure the plugin.

FAQ

I have a lot of questions and I want support where can I go?

http://pluginsupport.mijnpress.nl/ or drop me a tweet to notify me of your support topic over here.
I always check my tweets, so mention my name with @ramonfincken and your problem.

Reviews

Est 21, 2024
This plugin works well to automatically delete old posts on a schedule. We use it to remove everything 2 years old and over to keep website from getting bogged down with stale posts. Thank you!
Kevardhu 6, 2022 1 reply
I realise this plugin hasn’t been updated for a while but I just wanted to say it’s great and works well on the most recent version of WordPress. At the time of writing, that was 6.1.1 Cheers 👍
Me 3, 2018
Thank you for this plugin, it’s saved me a lot of time, trouble and space!
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Contributors & Developers

“Auto Prune Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

2.0.0

Bugfix: Added nonces for admin forms (CSRF)
Bugfix: PHP 8 compatibility

1.8.0

Bugfix: PHP 8 compatibility

1.7.0

Bugfix: Menu conflict with bbpress due to permissions

1.6.6

Bugfix: Removed PHP notices
Added: Settings for max deletes per run, and amount between runs

1.6.5

Added: max of 600 deletes per call, 300 sec delay

1.6.4

Bugfix: Changed the init after WP rewrite, due to errors with W3 total cache

1.6.3

Bugfix: Better hook (plugins_loaded instead of wp)
Added: Earlier flush and 20 seconds timeout

1.6.2

Bugfix: All categories now shown when saved

1.6.1

Bugfix: All categories

1.6

Added: All categories support
Bugfix: Only get latest 50 posts (performance fix), every 30 seconds
Changed: Dropdown now on category name (sort)

1.5

Bugfix: Framework did not work on multisite, is_admin() problem.
If anyone could help me with that ? 🙂

1.1

Second release
Added: Custom post type support
Added: Trash OR force delete option
Added: Mail admin if post is deleted
Changed: Init method is now every 30 seconds, all posts are checked.
Added: If you add &prune=true in your admin plugin page the plugin will run manually (force run)

1.0

First release