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title: Future Actions for Posts
description: "The [PublishPress Future](https://publishpress.com/links/future) plugin has a feature called \"Future Actions\". This offers several actions that you can use to schedule changes to your WordPress content. You can find the Future Actions options in the sidebar area of WordPress posts, as…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/ways-expire-posts/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: PublishPress Future / Future Actions
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# Future Actions for Posts

The [PublishPress Future](https://publishpress.com/links/future) plugin has a feature called "Future Actions". This offers several actions that you can use to schedule changes to your WordPress content. You can find the Future Actions options in the sidebar area of WordPress posts, as in this screenshot below.

![Future Actions Dropdown](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/future-actions-free-dropdown.png)
Future Dropdown

Here's how to enable Future Actions for any post type:

- Go to the "Future Actions" area of the plugin.
- Choose the post type from the "Select a post type to edit" dropdown.
- Check the "Active" box.

![Enable the Future Actions box](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/enable-future-actions-1024x552.png)

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## Change to a default status

Three of the available options will change the status of your post.

- **Change status to Draft**: move your post to the "Draft" status.
- **Change status to Private**: move your post to the "Private" status.
- **Change status to Trash**: move your post to the "Trash" tab.

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## Delete the post entirely

This next option is only to be used with extreme caution:

- **Delete**: completely remove the post from your site.

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## Change the Sticky option

Two of the options will change an option on your post:

- **Stick**: Enable the "Stick to the top of the blog" option.
- **Unstick**: Disable the "Stick to the top of the blog" option.

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## Change the Categories

Three of the options will modify the terms on your post:

- **Add extra terms**: keep all existing taxonomy terms, and also add new terms.
- **Remove all terms**: remove all existing taxonomy terms.
- **Remove selected terms**: keep all existing taxonomy terms, except for those specified in this change.
- **Replace all terms**: keep all existing taxonomy terms, except for those specified in this change.

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## Change the Custom Status (Pro version)

The Pro version [PublishPress Future](https://publishpress.com/links/future) allows you to change the status of a post to any custom status registered in WordPress.