Auto Delete Posts

The Auto Delete Posts plugin can be used to delete all posts after an expiration date has elapsed. It is also possible to move all posts to a single category after expiration. Disabling the plugin will provide a preview of posts that will be deleted or moved. Note: Please read the installation instructions for latest changes

First time

1. Go to 'Settings->Auto Delete Posts' to view the current configuration.
2. Modify options, enable plugin and UPDATE. You're done.

Upgrade (pre v1.2)

1. Update the plugin, activate, deactivate and re-activate the plugin to remove configuration from previous versions.
2. Choose the appropriate action and set the expiration days.

Upgrade (post v1.2)

1. Upgrade the plugin.
2. Choose the appropriate action and set the expiration days. If everything looked good, you're done.

1.3.0

• UPDATE: Updated to work with latest version of WP
• BUG FIX: Moved per-post expiration box to the right of the post screen

1.2.2

• FEATURE: Bypass the trash can when deleting posts in WP >= 2.9.0

1.2.1

• BUG FIX: Enable the Delete or Move Plugin Action when using Per Post settings

1.2

• FEATURE: Allow for per post expiration in addition to site wide currently supported.
• FEATURE: Allow for deletion from multiple categories

1.1.1

• MESSAGE: Warn on Preview window when no Move, Delete or Add category is selected. Only affects upgrading users

1.1

• FEATURE: Allow adding new categories to existing posts
• BUG FIX: Properly save the settings on each load.

1.0.1

• BUG FIX: Fix the immediate delete/move hooks being out of scope

1.0

• REWRITE: A full rewrite of the plugin to be more modular

0.7.1

• BUG FIX: Make both the Update Options button do the right thing.
• BUG FIX: The Preview now only shows the chosen category, if any, or all categories if none chosen.

0.7

• BUG FIX: Use more of the WP API and avoid issues of missing database tables.
• BUG FIX: For WP 2.1.2. Fix the SQL query to exclude cat_ID 1 and 2 from showing up in the delete or move options.

0.6

• BUG FIX: For WP 2.1.2. Fix the SQL query to exclude "Pages" from being deleted.

0.5

• BUG FIX: Properly handle deleting posts from ALL categories.
• BUG FIX: Fix the SQL query when deleting posting from a particular category to not summarily delete ALL posts!

0.4

• FEATURE: Added option to delete posts from a particular category.

0.3

• BUG FIX: Incorrect Terminate in functions
• FEATURE: Instant DELETE/MOVE ability

0.2

• BUG FIX: Modified SQL query to not delete pages.
• FEATURE: Added option to move posts to a particular category instead of deleting them.

0.1

• INITIAL: Initial version.