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Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories

by PublishPressVersion 4.11.2

PublishPress Future can make scheduled changes to your content. You can unpublish posts, move posts to a new status, update the categories, and more.

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Rating
4.5 / 5
172 reviews
Last updated
9 days ago
Oct 22, 2026
Version
4.11.2
126 releases

Upkeep and compatibility

Last updatedOctober 22, 2026Updated in the last 3 months
Tested up toWordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release
Needs WordPress6.8 or newer
Needs PHP7.4 or newer
First publishedJuly 31, 2008
Support, last two months5 of 6 threads resolved (83%)

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4.5 / 5 from 172 reviews

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What the author says it does

The PublishPress Future plugin allows you to schedule changes to posts, pages and other content types. With this plugin you can create automatic actions to unpublish, delete, trash, move a post to a new status and more. With the Pro version you can update your content using custom workflows with multiple steps and schedules.

Here’s an overview of what you can do with PublishPress Future:

  • Select future action dates in the right sidebar when you are editing a post. This makes it very easy to schedule changes to your content.
  • Receive email notifications when Future makes changes to your content.
  • Build Action Workflows that allow you to update your content using custom workflows with multiple steps and schedules (available in the Pro version).
  • Control post changes via integrations with Advanced Custom Fields and other plugins (available in the Pro version).

PublishPress Future Pro

Upgrade to PublishPress Future Pro

This plugin is the free version of the PublishPress Future plugin. The Pro version comes with all the features you need to schedule changes to your WordPress content. Click here to purchase the best plugin for scheduling WordPress content updates!

Options for Future Actions on Posts

With PublishPress Future, you can configure actions that will happen automatically to your content. Here are the changes you can choose for your posts:

The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.

Questions the author answers

What can PublishPress Future do to a post when the date arrives?

Change the status to Draft or Private, send the post to the Trash, delete it, turn the “Stick to the top of the blog” option on or off, or change its categories — replacing them, adding to them, or removing only the ones you name. The Pro version can also move a post to a custom status.

How do I schedule a change to a post?

While editing it. The Future panel in the right sidebar sets the action and the date, and it works with the block editor, the Classic Editor and most page builders.

Can I schedule changes to a lot of posts at once?

Yes. Action dates can be set through Quick Edit and Bulk Edit on the posts list, so you can apply the same action to as many posts as you need without opening each one.

Can I set a default action for a whole post type?

Yes. Go to Future > Post Types, choose the action and timing for that post type, and turn on “Automatically create actions”. The default action alone does not schedule anything; that option is what creates the action on new content.

Which post types does it work with?

Any of them. Posts and pages, WooCommerce products, LearnDash courses, and any custom post type — you enable each one under Future > Post Types.

Can I schedule changes to WooCommerce Products?

Yes. Go to Future > Post Types and check the “Active” box in the “Product” area.

Click here for more details on WooCommerce changes

Latest changelog entry

The full changelog can be found on GitHub.

Screenshots

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