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Expiry setting missing from Settings > Reading

The expiration setting disappears from Settings > Reading after updating, though docs still tell users to change it there.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 16 December 2024 · last reported 19 December 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who want to change how long preview links last report that the expiration option is no longer under Settings > Reading after an update.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.