Title: Post Rotation Author: digitalemphasis Published: May 30, 2015 Last modified: April 15, 2021 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/post-rotation/assets/icon.svg?rev=1642276) # Post Rotation By [digitalemphasis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalemphasis/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-rotation.1.9.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/) ## Description The main goal of this plugin is to avoid too much time without recent posts. ‘Post Rotation’ takes the oldest post that matches with your criteria and automatically converts it in the most recent one, as just published. #### Features * Easy configuration. * You can specify the rotation interval or the allowed time without new posts. * Enforce punctuality only if you want it. * You can also choose if you want to alter the ‘last_modified’ value. * You can exclude from rotation posts without featured image. * You can activate a filter and select which categories will be affected and which ones will be ignored by the plugin. * By default, the plugin works with the conventional ‘post’ type… but you can even rotate custom post types. * Clean uninstall option: If this option is enabled, the plugin will leave absolutely no traces when uninstalling. * Visit [digitalemphasis.com](https://digitalemphasis.com) for more info. ## Screenshots * [[ * Post Rotation – administration panel ## Installation 1. Upload the ‘post-rotation’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Configure the plugin through the ‘Posts -> Post Rotation’ administration panel. ## FAQ ### Will the rotation start once the plugin is activated? No. Firstly you need to visit the administration panel, enable the rotation, configure the settings and save the changes. ### Can I add a post after the rotation is activated? Sure! But if you don’t want a delay in the rotation, the ‘Fixed rotation’ option must be checked. ### Should I check the ‘Enforce punctuality’ option? By default (unchecked), the new ‘post_date’ value will be your database’s date and time when the rotation really occurs (when someone visits your site), resulting in some sort of human behaviour (humans usually don’t write posts with such a precise interval). However, if this option is checked the new ‘post_date’ value will be precisely calculated. ### Do I need to select some category? If the ‘Filter by category’ option is checked, you should select some category and only posts that belongs to a selected category will rotate. Otherwise, with the ‘ Filter by category’ option unchecked, the posts will be taken into consideration regardless of the category they belongs to. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77cd8de74615426379eb8fcc1736c2a30f875b3d9d76df78deb1bdc8554e038d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Tool To Auto Update Your Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-tool-to-auto-update-your-site/)󠁿 [mbartley187](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mbartley187/) January 11, 2022 This is the perfect tool to auto-update you site with old posts. I just set it to recycle an old post every 4 hours and my sites stay updated fresh! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/930e2e5d76fb2764d2b535aae85ed21239e8d6dcb40300c7305298e5907f75f0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent for SEO too](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-for-seo-too/)󠁿 [darrensmith93](https://profiles.wordpress.org/darrensmith93/) September 22, 2021 I know that this was meant for posts, but people may underestimate how incredibly powerful this plugin is for SEO purposes! Very happy. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7f5d3bd10c479f1ec6f2ab020fa3cf56c1c7bdedbad5dd0b855d4c588d4b93fd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Really good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-good-228/)󠁿 [roberto9911](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roberto9911/) December 2, 2017 it works perfectly!!!! I can suggest one only one improvement: to insert rotation for each language not only based on the post date (so if 4 languages on site, 4 post must be rotate each time, of couser the older ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/270a37ffb54c3468b647fb5289bdd9bab095c8335f43cdb0fdaa5d6c676a1761? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[What luck to find this!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-luck-to-find-this/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/largecorp/) May 26, 2017 I wished for something like this, then found this plugin which does exactly what I wanted — thanks to the developer! I love being able to easily renew old posts — they’re just old, they shouldn’t be forgotten. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea84ebbf0f02a424d70b6242f398d5635b3ecb84789717ac5d25fc8c78dbb29c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very nice little plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-nice-little-plugin/)󠁿 [BubbaLovesWP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bubbalovestv/) March 28, 2017 Very simple and works. I’m not sure if it actually helps google seo rankings, but it makes the website look alive and refreshed. A+ ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56bb1d8807b9701c7415d2adfce1c6ea281c69ecbe997ee2c22ec4fb7d247abb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Leaking and killing server resources](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/leaking-and-killing-server-resources/)󠁿 [jfk65](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jfk65/) November 20, 2016 1 reply After numerous issues with usage of this plugin we had our site checked by a professional company. After thorough and rather expensive audit we learned that this plugin is leaking and killing server resources by creating too many querries to mysql – even when it was switched off! We could not use properly our platform, the backend was as slow as a snail. The moment we got rid of this plugin our server got a second life. Now it works like a charm. Good advice – don’t install. [ Read all 9 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Post Rotation” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ digitalemphasis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalemphasis/) [Translate “Post Rotation” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-rotation) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-rotation/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-rotation/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-rotation/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-rotation/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.9 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 * Fixed: ‘A non-numeric value encountered in…’ warning when ‘pr_latest_rotation_time’ has no value yet. * The administration panel displays more accurate information. * Code optimization. #### 1.8 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.0 and 5.1 * New option: filter by category is optional from now on. * Added support for custom post types. * Code optimization. #### 1.7 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.9 * New option: exclude posts without featured image. * Improved adherence to WordPress Coding Standards. #### 1.6 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.8 * Fixed: no more ‘array_map(): Argument #2 should be an array…’ warnings when no category is selected. * Code optimization. #### 1.5 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.6 and 4.7 * New option: you can specify a more accurate rotation interval using minutes. * Fixed: from now on, the administration panel won’t show pending rotations with negative time values anymore. * Improved performance. * Improved adherence to WordPress Coding Standards. * Code optimization. #### 1.4 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.5 * New option: enforce punctuality. * Code optimization. #### 1.3 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.4 * New option: fixed rotation. * Fixed: characters of unexpected output during activation. * Improved security: data escaping on output. * Improved the HTML output. * Code optimization. #### 1.2 * Ensure compatibility with WordPress 4.3 * Improved adherence to WordPress Coding Standards. #### 1.1 * Removed ‘goto’ from code. * Minor code optimization. #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.9** * Last updated **5 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.7.15** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/) * Tags * [automatic](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/automatic/)[interval](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/interval/) [post rotator](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-rotator/)[rotation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rotation/) [rotator](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rotator/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-rotation/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.4 out of 5 stars. * [ 7 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-rotation/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ digitalemphasis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalemphasis/) ## Support Got something to say? 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