Title: Expire Posts
Last modified: October 15, 2017

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# Expire Posts

 *  Resolved [gnfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnfb/)
 * (@gnfb)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/)
 * Firstly wonderful plugin !
    What is the best way to delete /remove posts after
   say 2 weeks form publish? If not able to achieve within plugin another plugin
   that will achieve this?

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 *  Plugin Author [C. Johnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radgeek/)
 * (@radgeek)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/#post-9607433)
 * Thanks for the kind words!
 * The feature you’re describing is not currently available in FeedWordPress’s off-
   the-shelf code. But you may be able to get what you need by installing a freely-
   available custom add-on module, called FWP+: Limit posts by date. See here: [https://github.com/radgeek/fwp-limit-posts-by-date](https://github.com/radgeek/fwp-limit-posts-by-date)
 * To install the module, click on the green “Clone or download” button and choose
   the “Download ZIP” option. Then install the add-on, either by adding the contents
   of the ZIP file to a new directory called fwp-limit-posts-by-date in your wp-
   content/plugins directory, or by logging in to the WordPress admin interface 
   and using Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and uploading the ZIP file that you
   downloaded. Activate FWP+: Limit posts by date like you would a regular plugin;
   then go to Syndication > Feeds & Updates and you should find a new settings panel,
   labeled “Limit posts by date.” This has some options which are probably not relevant
   to your needs, but it will also include a setting called “Expiration date,” which
   I think should be able to do what you need.
 * I should note that, as with any add-on that involves hiding or removing data,
   you should pretty surely take a backup of your current site before applying and
   testing out this module. Let me know here or via email if it works for you, if
   you have any questions, etc.
 *  Thread Starter [gnfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnfb/)
 * (@gnfb)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/#post-9608366)
 * I have to say that was the most helpful no problems everything was as you said
   support I have had in a long time Thanks
    But always one small thing
 * When i got easily to the “Expiration date,” It required me to make an entry
    
   I put in “7 days” as per an example i presume that was shown. The drop down that
   was shown “Enter a timespan, using strtotime() format. Each syndicated post will
   be given that long to show up on the website; after the interval has passed, 
   the posts will expire, and will no longer be displayed.” was little confusing
   and I was thinking it should be more than “7 days” ?? But is that correct entry??
 *  Plugin Author [C. Johnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radgeek/)
 * (@radgeek)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/#post-9609456)
 * Sorry for any confusion! The string “7 days” should be correct, and would indicate
   that a newly syndicated post will be set to expire 7 days from the time when 
   it is first syndicated.
 * If you’re not positive you’ve got the right setting, you can enable some diagnostics
   to test this out. Go to **Syndication > Diagnostics** in the WordPress admin 
   interface and find the **Display Diagnostics** panel. Find the check box under**
   Diagnostics output** marked “Echo in web browser as they are issued” and turn
   this checkbox **ON**. Then, scroll down to the **Updates** settings panel and
   find the checkboxes labeled **as each syndicated post is added to the database**(
   in the first group of options) and **as posts are assigned expiration dates**(
   in the second group of options). Turn both of these settings **ON**. Then scroll
   down and mash the blue **Save Changes** button at the bottom. (You may see some
   weird technical-looking PHP notification messages after you save; you can safely
   ignore these for the time being.)
 * Once you’ve got these diagnostics turned on, go to **Syndication > Syndicated
   Sites** and find a source feed that will have new posts available to syndicate.
   Mash the grey “Update Now” button to start an update process, and watch the diagnostics
   messages that appear in the panel. If everything is set up correctly, these should
   indicate that the posts will expire at a date 7 days in the future.
 * If you’re still having trouble with getting this set up, I’d say to e-mail me
   via [http://feedwordpress.radgeek.com/contact/](http://feedwordpress.radgeek.com/contact/)
   and I can help do some more hands-on troubleshooting to figure out whether everything
   on your end is going as it should or if there’s something else that needs done.
 *  Thread Starter [gnfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnfb/)
 * (@gnfb)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/#post-9610172)
 * Thank you very much for your help I am pretty sure that it is working ok willget
   back to you if it isnt G

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 * Last reply from: [gnfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnfb/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expire-posts-2/#post-9610172)
 * Status: resolved