Title: Scheduling Posts Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Scheduling Posts * [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/) * Hi – I am a new user (I stated a free site to try it and will be adding this to my website as the blog from the download and install option) * How do I SCHEDULE a post so it appears at the time / date I want in the future * ie, if today is Tuesday May 2 and I want to write a month of blog entries, how do I schedule it (I only see how to Post and it posts now) * Thanks! * Jim Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/) * (@ladydelaluna) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383060) * if you’re trying to do this on wordpress.com, you might want to check out their forums – [http://www.wordpress.com/support](http://www.wordpress.com/support) as this forum is for helping out with wordpress that’s hosted on your own server, not the “free version” at wordpress.com * in the self-hosted version, there’s a box on the right hand side where you can“ edit timestamp” prior to publishing. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383061) * While on the Write page, look over to the right. See “Post Timestamp”? You may have to click the little white “+” by it to expand it. * This allows you to set the date and time of a post. If you future date the post, it won’t show up live on the blog until that time. * Notes * Don’t forget to check the “Edit Timestamp” box or your date/time won’t be saved. * It won’t run the ping services at the future time. * Thread Starter [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383098) * Thanks HandySolo – the answer that concerns me is it won’t run the ping services at the future time – why not? that’s rather critical isn’t it – without the pings, no one know you posted. How can you get it to ping when posted if not posted immediately ? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383100) * It will ping when you hit the publish – i.e. now. Not when the posts will appear… * Thread Starter [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383105) * Moshu – thanks. * If I understand you – it pings today even though the post isn’t there for 3 weeks. * Does that confuse the blog search engines (and does it only ping on the headline or the entire content) * That brings this up – if it pings NOW – where do people go based on the ping – just my blog in general? * I’m new to blogging so some of this is just figuring out what even happens when a search engine is pinged * Thanks again for your comments * Jim * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383110) * All a ping does it say “HEY! I’ve been updated!” It doesn’t WHAT was updated, only that the site was updated. * -tg * Thread Starter [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383117) * Thanks – I guess this is an unravling journey – so if ping says I’ve been UPDATED– how does using keywords in the headline and text of post improve responses * And, is it in the Feedburner (I set it up – and put in my keywords / keyword phrases) that the keywords determine who hear’s the PING (ie, what blog directories register this as relevant and in what way – which takes me back to my first comment– about using keywords in headline and text) * Thanks for any insights * Jim * Thread Starter [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383118) * Moshu – I followed the thread. The comments it took me to didn’t exaclty answer HOW TO put the blog in various places, like in the middle of the home page. * Do you have any other comments / references * Thanks * Jim * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383122) * Well, I solved the “ping problem” with Feedburner. You can tell it to check your feed every x minutes to see if there are updates (30 I think?). You can also tell IT to do the pinging for you when it finds new stuff. Which is what I do and seems to work fine. * And don’t confuse the pinging with the tagging/categorization. Those are picked up when the article is found, regardless of it was found via a ping or a web crawl. * Thread Starter [catdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catdog/) * (@catdog) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383143) * I think I am 90% there – thanks a lot – just what is “tell IT to do the pinging”– what is “IT”? * thanks * Jim * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-posts/#post-383160) * IT = Feedburner. Pingshot, under the Publicize tab. 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