Title: Content Update Scheduler
Author: Constantin Oesterling
Published: 2020-04-01
Last modified: 2025-12-27
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# Content Update Scheduler
By [Constantin Oesterling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/infinitnet/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/content-update-scheduler.4.0.2.zip)
* [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/content-update-scheduler/#description)
* [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/content-update-scheduler/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/content-update-scheduler/#installation)
* [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/content-update-scheduler/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-update-scheduler/)
## Description
WordPress lacks the ability to schedule content updates. Keeping your posts and
pages up to date manually can often be a waste of valuable time, especially when
you know you’ll need to update the same page again soon.
### Use Cases
* **Promotions:** Automatically publish versions of your pages that contain temporary
promotions and schedule content updates that remove these promotions once they
expire.
* **Events:** Schedule content updates for pages that list events. Automatically
publish an updated version of the page after an event ends.
* **SEO:** Schedule series of content updates to keep your pages and publishing
dates current and satisfy the freshness algorithm.
### Key Features
* Updates page content and publishing date
* Compatible with any post type
* Compatible with Elementor and Oxygen Builder
* Nested content updates (multiple updates of the same page scheduled in a row)
* Lightweight code
### Credits
Developed by [Infinitnet](https://infinitnet.io/) and based on the abandoned [tao-schedule-update](https://github.com/tao-software/tao-schedule-update)
plugin. Major contributions by [Immediate Media](https://immediate.co.uk/).
**Github:** [https://github.com/infinitnet/content-update-scheduler/](https://github.com/infinitnet/content-update-scheduler/)
## Installation
1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/content-update-scheduler` directory,
or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Each page and post now has a ‘Scheduled Content Update’ link where you can schedule
the content updates. Click on it.
4. Select the date and time in the new ‘Scheduled Content Update’ meta box on ‘Page’
level and then click ‘Publish’ to schedule it.
## FAQ
### How do I schedule a content update?
Each page and post has a ‘Scheduled Content Update’ link in the overview, which
allows you to schedule content updates. Click on it. Then select the date and time
in the new ‘Scheduled Content Update’ meta box on ‘Page’ level and then click ‘Publish’
to schedule it.
### Does this work with page builders?
Yes, it has been tested with Elementor and Oxygen Builder. It may also work with
other page builders.
### How can I exclude post types from Content Update Scheduler?
You can use below filter to exclude post types:
```
add_filter('content_update_scheduler_excluded_post_types', function($excluded_post_types) {
// Replace EXCLUDE_THIS with the name of the post type you want to exclude
$excluded_post_types[] = 'EXCLUDE_THIS';
return array_unique($excluded_post_types);
});
```
### How can I hook into the publishing process?
The plugin provides two action hooks that allow you to perform custom actions before
and after a scheduled update is published:
**Before Publishing Hook:**
```
add_action('ContentUpdateScheduler\\before_publish_post', function($post, $orig) {
// Perform actions before the scheduled update is published
// $post = the scheduled update post
// $orig = the original post being updated
}, 10, 2);
```
**After Publishing Hook:**
```
add_action('ContentUpdateScheduler\\after_publish_post', function($post, $orig) {
// Perform actions after the scheduled update has been successfully published
// $post = the scheduled update post
// $orig = the original post that was updated
}, 10, 2);
```
These hooks are useful for triggering custom notifications, cache clearing, analytics
tracking, or any other post-publication tasks.
## Reviews
### [Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-41106/)
[Roberto Rodríguez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robertorodriguez2/) 2025-12-
06
I’ve been using this free plugin for years on a commercial website built with Divi,
and it has been very useful. Quick response for support inquiries, too.
### [Fast Response Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fast-response-support-5/)
[mkormendy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkormendy/) 2025-10-08
This was the fastest support response that I’ve had in a long time from a plug-in
on the WordPress plug-ins repository! Albeit, I did manage to describe the issue
quite succinctly and specifically that it wasn’t difficult to assess/reproduce and
turn around a fix. Great collaboration! Thank you!
### [Best Post/Page Scheduler Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-post-page-scheduler-plugin/)
[jolai](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jolai/) 2025-09-05
We originally had trouble getting this plugin to work with our custom Gutenberg
site, but the developer support was excellent. They worked with us closely to resolve
the issues, and now the plugin runs exactly as intended. Other scheduling plugins
we tried caused conflicts or broke parts of our site, but this one has been stable
and reliable once set up properly. Highly recommend it if you need a scheduling
solution with great developer support behind it.
### [Didn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/didnt-work-397/)
[tianaina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tianaina/) 2025-04-10 1 reply
Sorry, it didn’t work.I couldn’t even plan the updates because no link appeared
on the posts after installing and activating the plugin.
### [Plugin has been updated and works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-been-updated-and-works-perfectly/)
[kmg27hotmailcom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kmg27hotmailcom/) 2024-11-10 2
replies
I was a big fan of the Tao Schedule Update plugin and used it for years to schedule
multiple changes to the same already-published page on a website I manage. For example,
a livestream feed goes up on a page on the site at 9 a.m., comes down at 10 a.m.,
and a different livestream embed goes up at 11 a.m. When the Tao plugin broke, I
searched and searched for a replacement and couldn’t find any that would do multiple,
successive changes to the same page. Some would only do one change, one stripped
out my