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See Screenshots.<\/li>\n<li>Click Schedule Drafts and ALL posts withe status DRAFT will be scheduled.<\/li>\n<li>Now allows \"UNDO\" of most recent schedule for any non-published posts.<\/li>\n<li>New - Choose the number of random posts per DAY, per WEEK or per MONTH! Thanks to Brian Zeligson for contributing this code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>NB: I've said it before - ALL drafts will be scheduled, but there is now an undo option.<\/p>\n\n<p>Want to help? The code is now on BitBucket for anyone to fork! https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/jeffrose\/drafts-scheduler<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload draft-scheduler folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Draft Schedule menu option under POSTS and setup your options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>Installation Instructions<\/dt>\n<dd><ol>\n<li>Upload draft-scheduler folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Draft Schedule menu option under POSTS and setup your options.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/dd>\n<dt>I upgraded to 1.3 or later and can't find the Drafts Scheduler in Tools. What happened?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>It was suggested I move this to the POSTS sub-menu as it makes sense in there. Not sure WordPress gurus would agree, but that's ok.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I schedule posts in another status besides draft?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Sorry, not in this version. In the future, it would be easy to add.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I schedule posts in my Custom Post Type?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes! This was added in version 1.8<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Ok, can I set drafts to a status other than Future?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Again, sorry, not in this version. In the future, it would be easy to add.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.9.3<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Switch to getting only POST IDs to lower memory usage. 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Yay.<\/li>\n<li>Update &amp; tested with WordPress 4.0<\/li>\n<li>Bug fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.6<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added Brian Zeligson's code contribution allowing randomly posting a number of posts per WEEK or per MONTH instead of just per DAY.<\/li>\n<li>Minor code cleanup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.5<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes for the problem where drafts publish immediately in WordPress 3.1.1<\/li>\n<li>Only update POST type posts, not pages - ALSO THIS WON'T POST any of the custom post types<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.4<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Misc changes to how drafts are updated, hoping to find\/fix a bug related to permalinks disappearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.3<\/h4>\n\n<p>New feature:\n        - Allow posting an exact number of posts in \"Surprise me\" mode.\n        - Moved menu to the POSTS menu group.\n        - Display an error message if there are no drafts and stop.<\/p>\n\n<h4>1.2<\/h4>\n\n<p>New feature:\n        - Undo posts from the most recent schedule. 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