10 Best Auto Update Post Date Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Auto Update Post Date has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Auto Update Post Date
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Bulk Actions Select All
Closest match4.6 (30) 800+ active installsAdds an option to the admin posts and terms overview pages to select all items (instead of just the ones on the current page) to apply bulk actions.
Shares the bulk, posts tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since June 2, 2017.
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4.8 (105) 40,000+ active installsManage all updates on your WordPress site. Stay in the know with several optional e-mail notifications and logs. For free.
Shares the auto, update tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated March 21, 2026.
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4.3 (106) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically detect external images in the post content and import images to your site then adding to the media library and replace image urls.
Shares the auto tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since December 16, 2022.
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4.9 (23) 500+ active installsIP Based Login allows you to directly login from an authorized IP without password.
Shares the auto tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated June 1, 2026.
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4.5 (47) 9,000+ active installsMove or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another.
Shares the bulk tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail
4.3 (25) 5,000+ active installsGenerate featured images from Bing, GPT Image, Unsplash and more. Automatic, bulk or Gutenberg — based on your post title.
Shares the bulk tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional
4.7 (27) 4,000+ active installsWOLF (formerly WPBE) - a WordPress plugin for managing posts, pages, and custom types easily. Perfect for real estate, cars, etc.
Shares the bulk tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 13, 2026.
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4.8 (69) 10,000+ active installsDisables the theme, plugin and core update checking, the related cronjobs, plugin/theme update health checks and notification system.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.5 (64) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin updates jQuery to the latest stable version on your website.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.
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MainWP Dashboard
Paid version availableMainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies
4.9 (2,348) 20,000+ active installsRun updates, backups, security and reporting across all client sites from your own server. Keep data private and prove your value with branded reports …
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Auto Update Post Date: common questions
What is the best alternative to Auto Update Post Date?
Bulk Actions Select All is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 800+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Auto Update Post Date alternative has the most users?
Companion Auto Update, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Auto Update Post Date alternative is rated highest?
MainWP Dashboard, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 2,348 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Auto Update Post Date alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Auto Update Post Date score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Auto Update Post Date on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Bulk Actions Select All is the closest match to Auto Update Post Date by the data we track, and Companion Auto Update has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. MainWP Dashboard shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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