[Closed] Set expiration date for post created with cred form

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[manolisC]

Hello i'm trying to make a front end form for post that will auto expire after a while ( for testing purposes i set expiration after 20 minutes ) and 10 minutes before expiration i want to send an email to user that post will expire.
the problem is that auto expiration does not work for my site ( email notification for post expiration - and post that created with that form does not expire).

i followed this : https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/front-end-forms/automatic-post-expiration/

[Jamal]

Hello and thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

The scheduling of expiration and automatic notifications are managed by the WordPress cron system, I suspect, that the interval of the expiration is larger than the 20 and 10 minutes you are testing, or that the cron system is not triggered. WP-Cron does not run constantly as the system cron does; it is only triggered on page load. Check the cron documentation here https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/

For the first possibility, you can customize an expiration interval of 2 minutes with custom code, check section"Customizing Automatic Post Expiration using filters" of our article https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/front-end-forms/automatic-post-expiration/#customizing-automatic-post-expiration-using-filters

Then try to visit the website every 2 minutes for 6 times, to be sure that the 10 minutes is reached and the cron is triggered.

I hope this helps. Let me know what you will get.