{"id":20500,"date":"2018-06-18T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?page_id=20500"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:24:30","slug":"schedule-post-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/wordpress-tutorials\/schedule-post-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Schedule Post in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes work is overwhelming. So much so, that we forget to publish what we\u2019ve done and let the world to see it. The good news is that WordPress was created with that in mind. Of course, terrible memory or high levels of exhaustion is not the only reason which stands behind the post-scheduling feature.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing how to schedule a post in WordPress is making the responsibility of being a webmaster if not effortless, at least a bit easier to cope with.<\/p>\n<p>Being a webmaster is no joke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to Schedule a Post in WordPress<\/h2>\n<p>Say, there is an important article that you\u2019ve written days ago, but it has to be published in an exact day and even hour. An hour that you know, you won\u2019t be able to be on the computer. Of course, you can ask a friend or a significant other to publish it instead of you but that can only happen once or twice before they become irritated or just are as busy as you are in that same time range.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Just Schedule the post.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how.<\/p>\n<p>When writing the article in the WYSIWYG, located in the WordPress Post\/Page creation page, on the right you can see a number of options.<\/p>\n<p>Options that usually are pouring way below your writing field.<\/p>\n<p>The options can be rearranged but usually are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publish<\/li>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n<li>Categories<\/li>\n<li>Tags<\/li>\n<li>Featured Image<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To Schedule posts in WordPress, you need to focus on the Publish window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Publish-post-window-WYSIWIG-Wordpress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20508\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Publish-post-window-WYSIWIG-Wordpress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A closer examination of the Publish Window will help you understand its structure.<\/p>\n<p>You can save your post as a <strong>draft<\/strong>, <strong>publish it<\/strong> immediately, change its <strong>status<\/strong>, change its <strong>visibility<\/strong>, and of course Schedule the post for a specific date and time.<\/p>\n<p>To do it, just click on the <strong>Edit<\/strong> button, shown in the image below (the one that stands on the right of the calendar), followed by <strong>Publish: Immediately <\/strong>text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Schedule-post-WordPress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20509\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Schedule-post-WordPress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A hidden toggle will expand. In it you need to enter the exact time and date that you need your post to be published.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Schedule-time-and-date-for-your-post.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20510\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Schedule-time-and-date-for-your-post.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once, you\u2019ve chosen the time and date, click ok.<\/p>\n<p>The blue button will change its text from <strong>Publish <\/strong>to <strong>Schedule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When that happens, if everything other is arranged as it should be, click the <strong>Schedule <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n<p>Your post will automatically publish on the date and time you\u2019ve entered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes work is overwhelming. So much so, that we forget to publish what we\u2019ve done and let the world to see it. 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