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Archive Content with Archived Post Status

v0.3.11
by Joshua David Nelson · 4.9 (34 reviews)

Use an "Archived" status to unpublish content without having to trash it.

6K+ active installs Updated Feb 02, 2025 Tested to 6.6.2 Requires PHP 8.1
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Archive Content with Archived Post Status

About Archive Content with Archived Post Status

This plugin allows you to archive your WordPress content, hiding it from public view without having to delete it. It is compatible with posts, pages, and custom post types, making it ideal for sites where certain content is not meant to be evergreen. The plugin is available in over 13 languages and can be extended easily.

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Changelog

0.3.11 – June 15, 2024

  • Fix release and versioning issues that shipped with 0.3.10

0.3.10 – June 15, 2024

  • Test & update support for WP 6.5.4
  • Increase minimum supported php to 8.1, as 8.0 is end of life.
  • Increase minimum WordPress version to 5.9, to align with the PHP version.
  • Darken logo colors for better contrast.
  • Improve German translations, h/t @mdibella-dev

0.3.9.1 – January 19, 2024

  • Fixing version numbers in files, missing from 0.3.9 release.

0.3.9 – January 19, 2024

  • Fix deprecated php warning on filter_input, using native WP functions for escaping & getting query var. Fixes another issue, where archived posts couldn’t be trashed (Closes #35)
  • Add aps_archived_label_string filter to modify the “Archived” string used for the label.
  • Add aps_title_separator and aps_title_label to filter the post title prefix and separator, defaults to ‘Archived’ with a : separator. Disable the title label entirely by using add_filter( 'aps_title_prefix', '__return_false' ); in your functions.php file or custom plugin file. Closes #21
  • Added aps_title_label_before filter, defaults to true – pass false to have the label appear after the title instead of before it. This change along with the label string filter above closes #31
  • Add PHPUnit tests & github actions.
  • Update some comments and documentation, readmes, etc

0.3.8 – December 15, 2023

Ownership of this plugin is being transferred to Joshua David Nelson. A huge thank you to @fjarrett for his work on this plugin to this point. More info to come soon, keep an eye on the Github Repository!

This update includes:
– Tested up to WordPress 6.4.2
– Added minimum PHP of 7.4
– Bumped minimum WordPress to 5.3
– Added Github actions for deployment to WP repo
– Updated contributors in readmes
– Added PHPStan and PHPCS Github actions

0.3.7 – December 23, 2016

  • Tweak: Indicate support for WordPress 4.7.

0.3.6 – April 13, 2016

  • Fix: Bug causing Archived status label to always appear on edit screen.

Props fjarrett

0.3.5 – April 13, 2016

  • New: Indicate support for WordPress 4.5.
  • New: Added language support for cs_CZ.
  • New: Add filter to allow Archived content to be editable (#12).

Props fjarrett

0.3.4 – December 14, 2015

  • New: Indicate support for WordPress 4.4.
  • Fix: Broken title when post format icon is present (#9).

Props fjarrett, brandbrilliance

0.3.3 – September 12, 2015

  • New: Indicate support for WordPress 4.3.

Props fjarrett

0.3.2 – March 25, 2015

  • Fix: Non-object warnings when $post is null (#6).

Props fjarrett, stevethemechanic, edwin-yard

0.3.1 – January 27, 2015

  • New: Added language support for nl_NL.
  • Tweak: Refreshed existing language files.
  • Fix: Missing argument warning on the_title filter.

Props fjarrett, RavanH, htrex

0.3.0 – January 26, 2015

  • New: Added language support for de_DE, es_ES, fr_FR, pt_PT and ru_RU.
  • New: Users with the read_private_posts capability can now view Archived content.
  • New: Automatically close comments and pings when content is archived.
  • Tweak: Allow mulitple post states to exist alongside Archived in edit screen.
  • Fix: The aps_excluded_post_types filter now works as expected on Edit screens.

Props fjarrett

0.2.0 – January 21, 2015

  • New: Make Archived content read-only.

Props fjarrett, pollyplummer

0.1.0 – January 4, 2015

  • Initial release.

Props fjarrett

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