WP_PostDate

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    WP_PostDate is a free WordPress plug-in that allows you to easily postdate your draft posts.

    Installing WP_PostDate

    • Download WP_PostDate.
    • Copy to your ‘wp-content/plugins‘ directory.
    • Log in with an administration account.
    • Select the ‘Plugins‘ tab.
    • Scroll down to ‘WP_PostDate’ and click ‘activate‘.

    Options

    Log into WordPress with an Administrator login and select “Settings->PostDate” on the dashboard menu.

    Administration Screen under WordPress 2.5.1

    • Skip Days
      • Purpose: The days of the week to skip when publishing the posts
      • Default: no
    • Start Date
      • Purpose: The date from which to start post dating.
      • Default: 24 Hours after the last scheduled post, or Today if there are none.
    • Post Time
      • Purpose: The time at which the post is to be posted on the above date.
      • Default:The time of the scheduled post, or now if there are none.
    • Skip Post
      • Purpose: Enable you to skip posts when scheduling.
      • Default:No.
    • Post Tile
      • Purpose: The post title as a link to the post to be scheduled.

    Version History

    • 1.0.0
      • Initial public release.
    • 2.0.0
      • Total recode to use library function.
      • Major overhaul of options interface.
      • Added ability to skip posts.
      • Added ability to schedule starting with the last scheduled post.
    • 2.1.0
      • Updated Libraries

    Future Developments

    • Ability to re-schedule already scheduled posts.
    • Ability to schedule posts hourly.
    • Schedule new drafts on save

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    Bugs & Suggestions

    If you have questions, have found any bugs, or you would like to see features added to WP_PostDate please feel free to use the form at the bottom of the page to contact us.  If WP_PostDate doesn’t fill your needs , feel free to contact us to discuss a specially commissioned plug-in.

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    8 responses so far ↓

    • Adam // Dec 6, 2007 at 5:21 pm

      Would it be possible to be able to do this hourly, and not just daily? I’d like to be able to autodate posts so that they’ll be posted once an hour, not just once a day.

      I think it would be cool if this plugin added an option on the actual edit screen, so you’d just click “autodate” and hit publish, and not even need to go into a seperate window of all the drafts. All the submissions on my site are drafts though, so I’d still like to retain that screen as well :)

    • admin // Dec 7, 2007 at 12:44 am

      It is planned for the next version that you will be able to do a number of posts a day.

      The button on the edit screen is something that i’ll have to think about. It would require a lot of code for something that is not hard to do manually.

    • Adam // Dec 7, 2007 at 9:09 pm

      I certainly agree that the edit screen idea isn’t worth it if it depends on a lot of coding. Just as easy to hit “save” instead of publish, and after I have 50 or 60 posts up, just go to the plugin’s page and do the magic from there. Thanks for such a fabulous plug in!

    • christie // Mar 5, 2008 at 2:44 pm

      I followed the instructions, and it will post date the entry with the correct timestamp when the time comes, but it doesn’t actually publish the post. Help? Thanks!

    • admin // Mar 5, 2008 at 4:03 pm

      This sometimes happens. This is a WordPress thing, the posts will eventually show up.

    • SitorDance // Mar 7, 2008 at 7:17 pm

      Hello,

      Would it be possible to select individual posts and set a date for them to be published?

      If not, would it be possible to have check boxes next to the posts on the Manage page?

      I have a number of unfinished articles/posts and wouldn’t want something that’s not completed to be published. If it was possible to put a check mark next to posts which are ready to be published, those posts could then be added to the queue and published on schedule while incomplete posts would remain unpublished.

      Thanks

    • admin // Mar 12, 2008 at 4:39 pm

      There is no point to do doing the set date individually in this plugin, this is already part of WordPress, Just set the date published for the post to a future date and publish. .

      The ability to check the posts which you want to publish will hopefully be added to the next release.

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