Planning Ahead: Schedule Posts to Publish in the Future

We've stressed the need to post content on your blog regularly to maintain and improve search rankings. Sometimes though, you may be too busy to write and publish a new post. That's okay! You can schedule posts to publish on those days where you know you aren't going to have the time.

When composing your post, open the Status menu and select the Publish On option.

This will open the calendar pop-up box where you can set the date and time you wish to publish the post. After setting the publish day, click OK and click the Schedule button.

The post will be saved in the Posts list with a clock icon indicating it is scheduled to publish in the future.

You can also change the date and time of the scheduled post by clicking the timestamp below the Status menu on the Compose page. Learn more.

Do you plan out publishing of your posts in advance? If so, share your tips with us in the comments!