Scheduling WordPress Posts
I remember a time several years ago when a colleague of mine got in trouble at work for having posted to his blog during business hours. This didn’t stop him from blogging on company time but made him more creative about it. He’d save drafts then post at the end of the day or early the next morning or, more frequently, he’d post under a different name during business hours.
I haven’t spoken with this colleague in a while but I bet he’d like the WordPress scheduling feature. I know that I use it very often. In fact I used it to publish this post.
Picture this scenario: You have your WordPress blog set up to tweet every time you publish a new post. You’d like to publish a post at a time when your Twitter followers are actually paying to their Twitter feeds. But now it’s the middle of the night and you have a great idea for a post.
Or: You blog about a particular sports team and publish game previews a few hours before each game. But you’re going to be in a meeting when it’s time to post.
Both of these situations are perfect for scheduling. Simply write your post and schedule it to publish at the time you want.
The process is quite easy:
- Write the post as you’d do normally but instead of clicking the publish button when you’re done click the “Edit” link where it says “Publish immediately” text in the Publish widget.
- The current date and time (in 24-hour format) is revealed.
- Enter the date and time you’d like the post to be published.
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Schedule button.
- Wait.
Your post is now scheduled to be published at a time that works best for you.
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