Scheduling WordPress posts for the future

I learnt something new today about WordPress. I thought it would be useful to schedule a post to be published automatically at a specified time in the future - occasionally I knock up a few different posts the same day/evening and don’t really want to release them all at once but would prefer to save them to be published at intervals.

This facility is built right in to WordPress - just use the post timestamp facility and set a date + time in the future (making sure to tick the “Edit timestamp” box):


WordPress post timestamp box

When you’re done, publish as normal. The post will not be publicly visible until the date and time you specified.

2 Responses to “Scheduling WordPress posts for the future”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Rob Biggers

    Thanks for the info. I never knew (never tried) that you could put a future date in WordPress. Thanks again,

    Rob

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