Allows you to set posts to appear automatically in the future, but have a post date in the past.
For instance, your blog may be a diary and you need to catch up on a few entries.
You write 5 entries that cover the last couple of weeks, but want to release the
new entries in a trickle of one per day instead of just publishing them all at once.
That is where this plugin helps.
How to use it:
- Write the post and set the post date to the actual date in the past that the
post was for. - Set the post status to “Pending Review” and save it.
- A new section will appear below the post text called “Make Post Public Date”.
- Enable it, and now set the date and time for the post to automatically become
public. - Save the post again.
- That’s it. At the date and time that you set in “Make Post Public Date”, the
post will automatically be changed from “Pending Review” to “Published” and
it will appear on your blog with a post date in the past.
Notes:
- A new column will be added to the post list showing the future date that each
“Pending Review” post will be made public. - All times and dates uses the current timezone as set for your blog.
Credits
Much of the code from the Post Expirator plugin by axelseaa was filched
but has since been modified beyond much recognition.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.