Title: Pre Date Future Post Author: brofield Published: September 22, 2008 Last modified: October 14, 2008 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/pre-date-future-post.svg) # Pre Date Future Post By [brofield](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brofield/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pre-date-future-post.1.3.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/) ## Description 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. ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Download and extract the contents of the plugin zip file 2. Upload it to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory. Note that like in the zip file, all files should be placed in a sub-directory of ‘pre-date-future-post’. 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Can I use a post status other than “Pending Review”? Not at the moment. If you can tell me how to add a custom post status then I am happy to add that functionality. If you need to use “Pending Review” yourself then you probably can’t use this plugin. Why can’t I set the minute as well as the hour for posting? Because I said so. Why doesn’t the post show immediately it is scheduled to appear? Perhaps because: * WP cron hasn’t yet run the task. Wait until a minute after the hour and refresh the blog main page. * Something caused the WP cron process to skip the task. Wait an hour. * If you have changed the timezone for your blog then you may need to deactivate and reactivate the plugin to reset the cron timer. Can I see what posts have been processed and when? Yes. It writes a log of activation, deactivation and posting of entries. See the file “pre-date-future-post.php.log” created in the same directory as the plugin PHP file. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Pre Date Future Post” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ brofield ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brofield/) [Translate “Pre Date Future Post” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pre-date-future-post) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pre-date-future-post/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pre-date-future-post/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pre-date-future-post/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pre-date-future-post/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog * Version 1.3 : Fixed the installation instructions so that it now works with the automatic update system. * Version 1.2 : Looking stable * Version 1.1 : I like changing the numbers * Version 1.0 : first public release ## Meta * Version **1.3** * Last updated **17 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 2.3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.6.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/) * Tags * [autopost](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/autopost/)[date](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/date/) [postdate](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/postdate/)[posts](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/pre-date-future-post/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-date-future-post/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ brofield ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brofield/) ## Support Got something to say? 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