Using 2.5.1, with no plugins activated, I write a ‘future post’ meaning I edit the timestamp to a future time and then Publish the post. At that point, two links at the top of the Write Panel (just below the menu tabs) provide a View post and Edit post links. Do you see those?
Then in Manage->Posts I see my post telling me when it will be published (in my case I just use a future time of 5 minutes from now) and Scheduled shows under the Status column. Also, a “Scheduled (1)” link that allows a ‘filter’ so only that one schedule post displays in the table of posts when clicked. Do you see any of that?
My hosting account is using Apache 1.3.41 (Unix), PHP 5.2.6, and MySQL 4.1.22-standard.
The posts do Publish correctly.
I also installed the wp-cron-dashboard plugin and when activated, it shows the entries for ‘publish_future_post’ (under the Dashboard->WP-Cron tab).
Michael,
Thanks for your reply. I have written a future post, and after I finish, it says it has posted (and I see the view/edit links immediately after I publish it). However, after I go back to the “manage->posts” area, the posts aren’t there to edit. I don’t see a “scheduled” filter. Also, the posts never actually post.
I downloaded the wp-cron plugin and installed it.
It currently says:
Entry #1: Anytime after Fri Jun 13 00:41:52 2008 execute tasks: publish_future_post
Entry #2: Anytime after Fri Jun 13 16:42:30 2008 execute tasks: publish_future_post
However…I scheduled a post for about 5 minutes in the future. It showed up on the wp-cron screen. A few minutes later, after it should have published, it had disappeared from the wp_cron dashboard screen, but did not publish.
According to the Security Scan Plugin, here is my hosting account info (Yahoo Web Hosting):
Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2
PHP 4.3.11
MySQL 4.1.14
Thanks for your help,
David
In the wp_posts table the ‘future’ post has a post_status of ‘future’ and the future post that is now published has a post_status of ‘publish’.
Both have a post_type of ‘post’.
Do you see the records in wp_posts table?
Just did two future posts on a Yahoo hosted account and they both worked exactly as I previously described.
Michael,
Sorry I am taking so long to reply. I am currently visiting relatives and the time for internet access is a little sporadic.
In the wp_posts table the ‘future’ post has a post_status of ‘future’ and the future post that is now published has a post_status of ‘publish’.
Both have a post_type of ‘post’.
Do you see the records in wp_posts table?
I am just beginning with WordPress, so I am not sure how to find the wp_posts table.
Just to provide more information: I have two WP blogs on Yahoo web hosting, and neither allows me to see scheduled posts. I did upgrade to version 2.5.1 using the InstantUpgrade Plug-in from 2.3.3 on both of them. I am not sure if this would be part of what is causing it or not.
Thanks for you continued help,
David
I’m having the same problem in version 2.7. I schedule a post for a later date and it never posts. It gives me no message as to why… It just doesn’t post.
Once I’ve scheduled a post I can no longer view it. In my “Edit Post” section I see that I have 14 posts in the “All” category, but I can only see the 7 that I published immediately after writing. None of the scheduled post are accessible as far as I can tell.
Can you help me out? Thanks!
