Title: Scheudle Set, Replace, remove
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Scheudle Set, Replace, remove

 *  Resolved [D C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekryanclarke/)
 * (@derekryanclarke)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/)
 * Hey is there anyway to schedule the Bulk set feature? Rather than having to manually
   run, it would be very nice if I could just set it on a schedule.
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-featured-images/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-featured-images/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001255)
 * Currently not. Why do you want that feature?
 *  Thread Starter [D C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekryanclarke/)
 * (@derekryanclarke)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001484)
 * The blog is an auto blog. It is currently feed by postie witch does a great job,
   but more time consuming for the poster.
 * I want to move for a more automated feature to where the user can simply tag 
   an article via Feedly and then it posts to the blog. This works, but does not
   create a featured image. This is where your plugin comes in.
 * The issue is that the plugin only fires when published from the dashboard. So
   there is no featured image created from the auto post.
 * I have tried to set the post to draft first, and then run a sql script to swap
   from draft to publish, but that does not trigger your plugin. I have also tired
   to run a sort of wp cron to convert, but still does not trigger your plugin.
 * So basically I am trying to figure a way to either run the bulk set feature on
   a schedule (ie. it runs hourly to update each no featured image post and adds
   a featured image) or trigger your plugin via a script that will switch from draft
   to publish.
 * Let me know if you can think of anything. Judging by your bulk feature, I am 
   sure I can create a schedule, but I feel that will be more clunky. Would be much
   better if I could just hook in somehow.
 * Thanks Martin
 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001493)
 * The plugin’s function which sets the featured image is triggered by the WordPress
   action hook `save_post` (that is the reason why SQL operations did not have any
   effect). The function’s name is `add_featured_image( $post_id, $post, $is_update)`.
   Is that enhough information for you?
 *  Thread Starter [D C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekryanclarke/)
 * (@derekryanclarke)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001513)
 * Thanks. This definitely helped.
 * However, it seems now that it would be easy to some how run the bulk feature 
   on a schedule. What files are triggering that?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001517)
 * You find the function `add_featured_image()` in the plugin’s file ‘class-quick-
   featured-images-defaults.php’.
 * The function is called by the WP action hook ‘save_post’. This hook is in the
   WP core functions `wp_insert_post()` and `wp_publish_post()` (you find them in/
   wp-includes/post.php’ and ‘post-functions.php’). These functions are called when
   a post is saved or published (by the user, by a schedule etc.)

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 * Last reply from: [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheudle-set-replace-remove/#post-7001517)
 * Status: resolved