Title: based on date
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# based on date

 *  Resolved [ovans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovans/)
 * (@ovans)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/based-on-date/)
 * Is it also possible to expire the post based on a predefined date?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/tieexpire-automated-post-expiry/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/tieexpire-automated-post-expiry/)

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 *  Plugin Author [TIEro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiero/)
 * (@tiero)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/based-on-date/#post-4326650)
 * No, the plugin doesn’t do that. It would be easy enough to add, I would imagine!
 *  Plugin Author [TIEro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiero/)
 * (@tiero)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/based-on-date/#post-4326662)
 * I was thinking about adding this but I don’t think it fits with the plugin. Allow
   me to explain my thinking:
 * With a fixed date, the process is either a one-off expiry or a per-post specific
   expiry date.
 * In the case of one-off expiry, the process is effectively a bulk delete which
   is easily achieved through the normal WP interface (all posts, sort by date, 
   mark, trash).
 * If you’re looking at handling thousands of posts, a plugin like [WP Mass Delete](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mass-delete/)
   provides a quicker means of removing the posts, as well as many more options 
   for filtering. Either way, a fixed date is not something that needs running on
   a schedule, as post dates rarely change.
 * In the case of individual date expiry (per post), it would require additional
   functionality such as adding a custom field with the expiry date, plus defaults
   and so on. Again, there are plugins that do this (like the excellent [Post Expirator](http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-expirator/)).
 * I wrote TIEexpire specifically because those plugins didn’t do what I wanted,
   which was the _regular _application of _relative _checks rather than absolutes.
   e.g. trash posts older than 30 days from whenever they were posted. Either that
   or they were too individual-post-specific or required too much effort to set 
   dates on every single item.
 * This request is therefore outside of the remit of the plugin, so I won’t be adding
   it. I trust that makes sense. 🙂
 *  [Warren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabbitwordpress/)
 * (@rabbitwordpress)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/based-on-date/#post-4326788)
 * I couldn’t get [Post Expirator](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-expirator/)
   to work! 🙁

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/tieexpire-automated-post-expiry.svg)
 * [TIEexpire Automated Post Expiry](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tieexpire-automated-post-expiry/)
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 * Last reply from: [Warren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabbitwordpress/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/based-on-date/#post-4326788)
 * Status: resolved