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Trilobita Post Pruner

v1.0.4 · by trilobita

Audit and manage stale posts by age. Find content that has never been updated, then edit, draft, set to private, or trash — all from one screen.

About this plugin

Post Pruner adds a screen under Posts > Post Pruner that groups your published posts by age so you can quickly find and act on stale content.

Age buckets — browse posts that are 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5+ years old, or view all aging content at once.

Sortable dates — sort by the date a post was created or the date it was last modified, so you can find posts that have never been updated.

Age mode toggle — choose whether age is calculated from the post’s published date or its last modified date. Preference is saved per user.

Never updated badge — posts that have not been edited since they were published are flagged with a “Never updated” badge in the Modified column.

Single-post actions — edit, set to draft, set to private, or trash any post directly from the list without leaving the screen.

Safe by default — actions move posts to Trash (recoverable), never permanently delete them.

Post Pruner Pro

Post Pruner Pro extends the free plugin with:

  • All post types — manage pages and custom post types alongside posts
  • Bulk actions — trash, draft, or set to private in bulk
  • Configurable timescales — choose your own age thresholds (3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and more)
  • Content audit log — a history of every action taken via Post Pruner: who did what, and when
  • Scheduled pruning — set up rules to automatically draft or trash old posts on a schedule

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