Featured Post Expiration is a plugin that will expire Featured ads before the actual expiration date or just change featured ads to a non-featured after specified time.

This plugin requires Classipress to work.

Why should I use this plugin?

Classipress does not support Featured ads to expire after some time, they will expire like normal ads. It also does not support Featured ads to become normal ads after some time, when they are still live.

If you are looking for a plugin that will expire basic ads, please use this plugin.

That’s what this plugin does.

On the Settings screen you can choose how many days Featured ads should stay as Featured, after that you can choose whether to expire ads or make them normal. You can do this for normal ads that ware added without any membership package, or for ads that were added under membership packages. And you can put different settings for every membership package that exists on your site.

You can also choose how often you want the system to check for expired Featured ads. There are three options here: Daily, Twice daily and Hourly. For best results it is best to choose Hourly option.

A nice feature is also an email option to notify users when their ads change status from Featured to Normal.

There is also a logging option for admin to see what was going on and how and when ads were removed.

New feature with version 2.4.0 are two counters on the admin bar. One will show you number of registered featured ads and the other number of days until next featured ad expires.

Language files included:

• English

Compatibility

This plugin has been tested on Classipress 3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x and 4.x.

Version history

2015/12/19 – 1.0.0 – Initial version
2016/01/06 – 2.0.0 – Added options for every membership package and for normal ads. Added logging for admins.
2016/02/25 – 2.0.1 – Some visual changes in admin
2016/02/29 – 2.1.0 – Fixed a bug that was expiring all ads
2016/03/02 – 2.1.1 – Fixed a bug that caused auto schedule not to run
2016/04/29 – 2.2.0 – Added Current Status tab and removed debugging texts
2016/05/04 – 2.2.1 – Fixed a bug that was registering expired but still published ads.
2016/05/06 – 2.3.0 – Added an option to exclude users or ads from expiring.
2016/05/06 – 2.3.1 – Fixed a bug that was showing wrong days left in status report
2016/05/27 – 2.4.0 – Added admin menu counts that show number of featured ads online and number of days until next ad expiration. Fixed a bug that wasn’t removing pre removed ads from the list.
2016/06/27 – 2.4.1 – Fixed number of days until next ad expiration on admin bar
2016/06/28 – 2.4.2 – Fixed an error for admin bar that was stopping the site in some cases
2016/08/01 – 2.5.0 – Added a new feature to send email to user when an ad becomes a “normal” ad.
2016/08/05 – 2.5.1 – Corrected some bugs with counting days
2017/01/20 – 2.6.0 – Compatibility with Paid Ad Features and Paid Ad Extender plugins
2017/02/17 – 2.6.1 – Fixed a bug that was not saving settings for expired days value
2017/03/21 – 2.7.0 – Compatibility with EasyCPMods Toolbox plugin
2018/09/18 – 2.7.1 – Fixed a small bug
2018/11/09 – 2.7.2 – Fixed a link bug in status bar
2018/11/13 – 2.7.3 – Fixed a small database bug
2018/11/14 – 2.8.0 – Added more logging options
2018/12/07 – 2.9.0 – Added option to change default featured label text
2018/12/13 – 2.9.1 – Fixed for Classipress 4.x and added option to display featured price
2019/02/13 – 2.9.2 – Fixed a small bug