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WP PlugIndex currently records BackBurner Post Archiver version 1.0.8 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
BackBurner Post Archiver quietly retires old content from the parts of your site where “latest” matters – the homepage, category and tag archives, search results, and your RSS feed – once it passes an age threshold you choose. Nothing is deleted. Anyone with a direct link, a bookmark, or an existing search ranking can still open an archived post exactly as before; it simply stops surfacing in listings of your newest content.
This is useful for sites that accumulate a lot of time-sensitive posts (news, deals, version-specific tutorials, event write-ups) where old items cluttering the homepage and archives hurts the reading experience, without wanting to actually remove any of that content or its SEO value.
Key features:
Set a single site-wide age threshold (in months) after which content is archived
Choose exactly which post types are included (Posts, Pages, Media, Products, and any other public custom post type)
Restrict archiving to specific categories and/or tags, or run it site-wide
Mark any individual post “Never auto-archive this post” to permanently exempt it, regardless of age
Archived content is moved to a dedicated “Archived” status – never trashed or deleted
Archived posts are automatically excluded from the homepage, category/tag archives, internal search, and the RSS feed
Archived posts keep their original permalink and load normally (no redirects, no 404s) for anyone visiting directly
Un-archive any post at any time from the normal status dropdown in the post editor
Built-in Dry Run mode – preview exactly which posts would be archived before changing anything live
Runs automatically once a day via WP-Cron, or on demand with a “Run now” button
A master Enabled switch so the whole feature can be turned off instantly without losing your configuration
Clear “Last run” status shown right on the settings screen
Recommended workflow
Install and activate the plugin – it does nothing until you turn it on.
Use Dry Run first, ideally scoped to a single small category, to see exactly what the plugin would archive.
Review the Dry Run results and mark any posts that should never be archived.
When you’re confident, turn off Dry Run for a normal, real run.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
content management
evergreen content
archive
cleanup
housekeeping
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity7 Sept 20261mo ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version1.0.7→1.0.8
Tracking & source
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