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Auto Delete Post – Ultimate plugin for deleting a post automatically

by Shahadat Hossain

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Description

Auto Delete Post is a comprehensive WordPress plugin that automatically deletes posts, pages, and custom post types after a specified time. Set a deletion date and time when publishing content, and the plugin will automatically remove it when the specified time arrives. Perfect for time-sensitive content, temporary posts, or automatically cleaning up outdated material.

Key Features:
* Schedule automatic deletion for any post, page, or custom post type
* Choose between moving posts to trash or permanent deletion
* Support for all public post types in WordPress
* Dedicated settings page to configure which post types to include
* Custom meta box on post edit screen to set deletion time
* Quick edit functionality for bulk scheduling
* Custom column showing scheduled deletion times
* Real-time reliable deletion processing
* Automatic removal of deletion schedule when posts are restored from trash
* Set post redirection option trying to visit deleted post/page

The easy way.

Go to your WordPress Dashboard. Navigate to Plugins > Add New and then search for “Auto Delete Post”. Click on Install and then Activate the Plugin.

That’s it, Auto Delete Post Plugin is now activated on your site!

The hard way..

Download “Auto Delete Post WordPress Plugin” and then extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

  1. Set the default time zone from the WordPress settings option to work correctly according to your timezone

    Set the default time zone from the WordPress settings option to work correctly according to your timezone

  2. Select a time and date from the custom meta box field of this plugin on the post edit screen

    Select a time and date from the custom meta box field of this plugin on the post edit screen

  3. You can also select the time from the quick edit option, no need to go to the edit section of any post.

    You can also select the time from the quick edit option, no need to go to the edit section of any post.

  4. Select any post types where you want to enable this functionality and choose between moving to trash or permanent deletion in the plugin settings.

    Select any post types where you want to enable this functionality and choose between moving to trash or permanent deletion in the plugin settings.

  5. Select any post or page that you may want to set as post redirection.

    Select any post or page that you may want to set as post redirection.

Is this plugin compatible on latest WordPress ?

Yes

Can I choose which post types are affected by auto-deletion?

Yes, you can select which post types should have the auto-deletion functionality available via the plugin’s Settings page under the “Auto Delete Posts” menu.

What happens when a post is scheduled for deletion?

You can choose whether posts should be moved to trash or permanently deleted when the scheduled time arrives. This is configured in the plugin’s Settings page.

Can I schedule multiple posts for deletion at once?

Yes, you can use the quick edit functionality on the posts list page to set deletion times for multiple posts quickly.

Can I cancel an auto-deletion after scheduling it?

Yes, you can cancel an auto-deletion by removing the scheduled time from the post’s edit screen or clearing the field in quick edit.

Can I redirect my deleted post or pages?

Yes, you can set a specific post or page for post redirection when user tries to visit deleted post/page.

Perfect for my niche need

By opieti on October 31, 2025

No clutter, does what it promises, author is quick to reply (and fix) issues. What else you could possible need?

Good plugin. Working well with any custom field frontend submission.

By អនុបណ្ឌិត សានសុភក្ដិ (SANSOPHEAKH) on November 7, 2024

Awesome, I have tested this plugin with Jetform Builder for frontend submission form. It's working well.
just use this field name adp-time .
Thanks for developed this plugin for free.

Works great!

By jahrat on May 30, 2024

Love this plugin. Always wanted a simple way to create a retention cycle for my old posts. This just fit the bill perfectly.

Good job!

Funciona Excelente!!

By prgpablo on May 7, 2023

Después de probar infinidades de plugins, encontre este que funciona excelentemente bien, lo recomiendo! muchas gracias sigan adelante

Good idea but....

By takis01 on March 31, 2023

Its a good idea to create such plugin and could be useful but when i try to activate, my website become dead. A message shown "There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions."
Only way to fix it , was to login to server and rename the folder of plugin.Then website start to work again and logged to wordpress admin .Then renamed again folder to original name and on plugins of admin i clicked button to delete.
Not work on 6.2 version wordpress . (I have PHP 7.4 and mysql 8.0)

i can set time to automatic delate posts

By aponwpdev on September 20, 2022

this is an amazing feature.. i can be handling my posts.. also i can creat set on time .. automatic posts delate

1.1.8

  • Added post redirection option after for deleted post/page

1.1.7

  • Updated the banner image

1.1.6

  • Fixed fatal error caused by missing main class initialization.

1.1.6

  • Fixed fatal error caused by missing main class initialization.

1.1.5

  • Checked compatibility with latest version of WP
  • Updated tested up to version to 6.7.2

1.1.4

  • Added date time field in the quick edit section of post

1.1.3

  • Solved unable to restore post from trash issue.
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