The delete articles plugin provides admin side capability to delete articles according to an expiration date set in a custom field named expire . It has the capabilty to automate the process whenever the user selects the Content tab, or to set the preference to delete by active step with a link on the Write tab. The preference is set under Extensions -> Auto Delete .

Tags included with this plugin are as follows:

<txp:ras_expiration_date />
<txp:ras_if_expire>
<txp:ras_set_article_status />