Title: Post-dated posts never go live.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Post-dated posts never go live.

 *  [AMSmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsmith/)
 * (@amsmith)
 * [18 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/)
 * If I set a date in the future for a post, and then publish it, it will only go
   live if I go BACK to the admin area and re-publish it.
 * I thought you were supposed to be able to use the date to schedule articles to
   go live, but it doesn’t work.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  [JRGould](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrgould/)
 * (@jrgould)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576256)
 * I’m having this same problem. It just started when I moved my blog to new hosting.
   Could it be a permissions issue?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576257)
 * Not seeing the problem at 2.3.1. Have you considered upgrading?
 *  [JRGould](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrgould/)
 * (@jrgould)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576258)
 * Oh, I should have mentioned that. I am running 2.3.1, and post-dating was working
   before I moved to the new server setup.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576259)
 * Check the “Times in the blog should differ by:” in Options->General.
 * Also if it happens again, it would be interesting to know the post_date and post_date_gmt
   in wp_posts.
 *  [JRGould](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrgould/)
 * (@jrgould)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576260)
 * so here’s where it gets interesting. Here’s a print_r of a post made at 8:30AM
   timestamped for 8:35AM and accessed at around 8:40AM
 *     ```
       stdClass Object
       (
           [ID] => 1388
           [post_author] => 1
           [post_date] => 2007-11-28 08:35:28
           [post_end_date] =>
           [post_date_gmt] => 2007-11-28 16:35:28
           [post_content] => Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
           [post_title] => Post-dated post
           [post_category] => 0
           [post_excerpt] =>
           [post_status] => future
           [comment_status] => open
           [ping_status] => closed
           [post_password] =>
           [post_name] => post-dated-post
           [to_ping] =>
           [pinged] =>
           [post_modified] => 2007-11-28 08:35:28
           [post_modified_gmt] => 2007-11-28 16:35:28
           [post_content_filtered] =>
           [post_parent] => 0
           [guid] => http://thedistrictweekly.com/backend/uncategorized/2007/11/28/post-dated-post/
           [menu_order] => 0
           [post_type] => post
           [post_mime_type] =>
           [comment_count] => 0
       )
   
        current time:2007-11-28 8:40:07
       ```
   
 * where it gets weirder is that when I checked the dashboard at around 8:34 it 
   said:
 *     ```
       Scheduled Entries:
   
           * Post-dated post in 1 min
       ```
   
 * and when I checked it again at 8:40 it said:
 *     ```
       Scheduled Entries:
   
           * Post-dated post in 5 mins
       ```
   
 * So it actually started counting up again
 * in the dump of $post you’ll notice:
 *     ```
       [post_status] => future
       [post_date] => 2007-11-28 08:35:28
       [post_date_gmt] => 2007-11-28 16:35:28
       ```
   
 * even though the time (printed with date()) is
    `current time:2007-11-28 8:40:
   07`
 * so, I’m stumped. The part where dashboard is counting up is actually almost comical.
   It’s now 8:47 and dashboard says:
 *     ```
       Scheduled Entries:
   
           * Post-dated post in 12 mins
       ```
   
 * any ideas?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576261)
 * > _any ideas?_
 * Yes. Your WP-Cron is not working on the new host. It’s a problem with the host
   being unable to connect back to itself, for whatever reason.
 * WP-Cron works by making an fsockopen call back to itself (wp-cron.php specifically),
   which triggers lots of various events. Making future posts publish is one of 
   those events.
 * Since WordPress can’t trigger WP-Cron to work, the posts never publish. Also,
   pings and trackbacks won’t work.
 * The simple solution is to figure out what’s broke on the new host. Does it not
   have DNS set up properly? Can it not resolve it’s own domain name? Does it not
   allow fsockopen? Does it have a firewall blocking connections from itself? Could
   be anything.
 * As a temporary workaround, you can manually force WP-Cron to run. Edit the wp-
   cron.php file, and remove this code:
 *     ```
       if ( $_GET['check'] != wp_hash('187425') )
       	exit;
       ```
   
 * (note, you’ll want to add it back afterwards, so keep a copy of the file).
 * Next, in a browser, load your own site’s wp-cron.php manually, like so: [http://example.com/yoursite/wp-cron.php](http://example.com/yoursite/wp-cron.php)
 * That will allow wp-cron to run and take care of stuff. You may have to run it
   multiple times if it has a lot to do.
 * In the meantime, ask your host why their webservices are broken.
 *  [JRGould](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrgould/)
 * (@jrgould)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576262)
 * ahh thanks, this is starting to make sense. Unfortunately I’m on an unmanaged
   virtual dedicated server. So I guess the hard bit is up to me. Do you know if
   there is a way I can get some error information so I can troubleshoot this?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-dated-posts-never-go-live/#post-576263)
 * Mmmmm.. Not really. You could look at the apache logs, see if there’s any errors
   in there. I really have never been able to reproduce the problem myself. I install
   Apache and PHP and it “just works” when I do it.

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