=== SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher  ===
Contributors: wpdevteam, Asif2BD, re_enter_rupok, priyomukul, shajalal, alimuzzamanalim, rudlinkon, shuvo247
Tags: post schedule, schedule calendar, auto scheduler, auto sharing, social share
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 5.2.15
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Automate your WordPress content scheduling with a visual calendar, auto/manual schedulers, missed‑post handler, social sharing options & templates.

== Description ==

### Your Content Marketing Tool For WordPress - Schedule, Organize, & Auto Share Blog Posts

Automate your content workflow with [SchedulePress](https://wpdeveloper.com/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/). Take a glance at your content planning with a drag-and-drop, visual Schedule Calendar, Auto Scheduler, Manual Scheduler, handle missed schedules easily & more. Automatically share your posts on the following social media platforms:

-   Facebook
-   Twitter
-   LinkedIn
-   Pinterest
-   Instagram
-   Medium
-   Threads
-   Google Business Profile [PRO]

[MORE ABOUT PLUGIN](https://wpdeveloper.com/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/) ◼️ [DOCUMENTATION](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs-category/wp-scheduled-posts/) ◼️ [SUPPORT FORUM](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-scheduled-posts/)

https://youtu.be/oBD7MbtWvcQ

### SCHEDULE YOUR WORDPRESS POSTS IN ADVANCE AND POST AUTOMATICALLY ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS:

-   Revamp the entire content writing experience with SchedulePress
-   Automatically share on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Medium, Threads, Google Business Profile
-   Customize social-share per platform or global template in the editor & auto‑share with one click.
-   Schedule hundreds of posts using the editorial calendar
-   Manage multiple authors from one place
-   Query optimization to reduce load time & make content management faster
-   Send email alerts to authors about blog status
-   Customize social share templates for auto schedule
-   Directly share without notifications or reminders
-   Auto publish missed schedule posts [PRO]
-   Automatically share on selected dates regularly [PRO]
-   Auto share blogs on multi social profiles [PRO]
-   Schedule update for already published blog post or page [PRO]
-   Full Scheduling feature in Classic Editor, Gutenberg & Elementor
-   Publish post right away with future date & social shares [PRO]


Want your website to remain active while you're on vacation? Yes, you can schedule posts in advance for those days and SchedulePress brings you the editorial calendar with it to let you see when your posts have been scheduled.

From one place, you can easily get an overview of your blog posts and when each post will be published. Not only that, it allows you to drag & drop to edit & move posts right from the editorial calendar.

## MANAGE YOUR POST SCHEDULING WITH SUPER HANDY FEATURES (FREE)



**◾ Schedule Calendar:** Manage your content with a great drag and drop visual calendar. You can add posts to the queue, and SchedulePress will publish them on your desired days and hours. You can also move the scheduled post to a different date right from the scheduled calendar.

**◾ Dashboard Widget:** Check your scheduled & draft post right from the dashboard, as SchedulePress will enable a widget in your WordPress dashboard. Whether you are running a multi-author blog or a single-author blog, seeing all your post's statuses from the dashboard could be super convenient.

**◾ Drag & Drop Feature:** While organizing scheduled content, you can quickly organize them using the easy-to-use drag & drop feature.

**◾ Save Times On Content Creation:** If you want to create a new post or add a photo to be published in a specific time period, you don’t need to go back on your dashboard and click on Post to Add New Post. You can create a new post right from the SchedulePress Content Calendar.

**◾ Manage Multiple Author Efficiently:** Managing multiple authors for a blog is never an easy task. But you can make the process easier using our schedule calendar and manage co-authors from one place.

**◾ Get Full Control Over Scheduling Posts:** Configure specific post types and categories, and allow users who can maintain your WordPress blog schedules. It can be only the administrator, editor, author, or more.

**◾ Notify WordPress Users With Email:** Send email alerts to authors or users when a post is published, trashed, or has been scheduled. It will let our users be aware of the status of their current blog posts.

**◾ Auto Share Posts On Multi Social Profiles:** Easily schedule, auto-share, or instant share blog posts from the WordPress dashboard to multiple social media platforms like Facebook page & group, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn profiles, LinkedIn pages, Instagram, Medium, Threads and Google Business Profile.

**◾ Configure Auto Social Share Templates:** Personalize your WordPress blog with preferred social media templates by configuring all exclusive features by SchedulePress. Each social share channel template comes with specific and unique features.

**◾ Custom Social Templates:** Customize your social share messages for individual platforms or apply a global template across all channels from your post editor. Preview, edit, schedule, and publish personalized social copies for Facebook, Twitter (X), LinkedIn & more – all in one click.

https://youtu.be/K8zP6fTOneg


### 🌟 Seamless Compatibility With Elementor Website Builder

SchedulePress is fully compatible with Elementor. You can manage your [WordPress post scheduling from the Elementor editor](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/schedule-posts-from-elementor/). Check out what you can do more with this SchedulePress & Elementor powerful integration:

-   Schedule WordPress content directly from the Elementor editor panel.
-   Unpublish posts that no longer need to be live on your website.
-   Republish published posts easily from your Elementor editor panel.
-   Modular control panel to enable or disable scheduling from Elementor.


### 🌟 More Features With SchedulePress [PRO]

Along with all the features of the free version, [SchedulePress Pro](https://wpdeveloper.com/in/schedulepress) has some additional features, including:

**◾ Auto Scheduler:** Get absolute control over your content schedule as you can create rules to post content automatically. You need to specify the time interval in which you want to have your posts scheduled and this plugin will publish it on the definite time interval. You can also set an exact date and time to create a flexible schedule.

https://youtu.be/oBD7MbtWvcQ

**◾ Missed Schedule Handler:** As a content creator, you might have faced that WordPress might miss the schedule of a post and it could happen for various reasons. However, you don’t have to worry about that anymore as SchedulePress will take care of missed schedules and publish the post automatically.

https://youtu.be/t0zVpg5ALos

**◾ Manual Scheduler:** If you want to schedule your WordPress blog posts at an exact time avoiding the random schedule, you can configure this in a manual process setting up your preferred time & date. It will publish your posts at that particular time.

https://youtu.be/qy7zdh5VYlg

**◾ Advanced Schedule:** Schedule an update for an already published blog post or page, without drafting it or unpublishing it. You can update blog & doc content as well as tags, categories, pictures, feature image, excerpt, and anything else of your choice.

https://youtu.be/1ohEsDzTJkA

**◾ Enhanced Post Publishing and Sharing Options:** Enable the option to publish instantly while displaying a future date for the post that you have set. Turn on auto-share in different social media platforms upon publishing if needed.


**◾ Premium Support:** Get faster support with a pro license. We have an extraordinary support team ready to help you. Ask your questions in the support forum, or contact us directly through live chat and support tickets.

https://youtu.be/y80iDuolrRU


## SchedulePress has been featured by renowned WordPress Publications:

**SchedulePress** has been loved by lots of users, bloggers and content marketers.

- 🌟 [MH Themes](https://www.mhthemes.com/blog/scheduling-posts-wordpress/)
“The SchedulePress plugin further enhances WordPress core functionality of scheduling posts. The plugin adds a customizable dashboard widget that will display a list of all upcoming scheduled posts and allows you to customize other post scheduling elements with ease.”

- 🌟 [WP City](https://www.wpcity.com/publishing-schedule-with-schedulepress/)
“SchedulePress Pro is for anyone who regularly publishes a large amount of content. That makes it a superb option for content writers, editors, and marketers as well as strategists, blog owners, and community managers.”

- 🌟 [WP Optimus](https://www.wpoptimus.com/534/schedule-post-wordppress-show-upcoming-articles/)
“SchedulePress is specially useful for multi-author blogs. It's even useful for single author blogs who use the built-in Schedule function of WordPress.”

- 🌟 [WP Glossy](https://www.wpglossy.com/schedule-blog-post-wordpress/)
“SchedulePress is the best extension when it comes to scheduling WordPress posts for the site that has several admins and authors.”



## 🎁 [FREEBIE] Handful Plugins To Improve Your WordPress Site
If you like SchedulePress, then consider checking out our other WordPress Plugins & take your website to next level:

🔝[Essential Addons For Elementor](https://essential-addons.com/elementor/) – Most popular Elementor extensions with 2 Million+ active users in the WordPress repository..

🔔 [NotificationX](https://notificationx.com/) – Best Social Proof & FOMO Marketing Solution to increase conversion rates.

📝 [BetterDocs](https://betterdocs.co/) – Best Documentation & Knowledge Base Plugin for WordPress, which also reduces your manual support request.

🛑 [Disable Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/) – Instantly allow or disallow comments from any post type in WordPress and gain complete control over your full website.

📄 [EmbedPress](https://embedpress.com/): EmbedPress lets you embed videos, images, posts, audio, maps, etc, and upload PDF, DOC, PPT & all other types of content into your WordPress site with one-click.

☁ [Templately](https://wordpress.org/plugins/templately/): Free templates library for Elementor & Gutenberg along with the cloud collaboration for WordPress.

🎨 [Flexia](https://flexia.pro/): Most lightweight, customizable & multi-purpose flexible WordPress theme for WordPress and seamlessly compatible with WooCommerce.

🔗 [BetterLinks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/betterlinks/): Exclusively provides an easy method of redirecting requests to another page on your site or elsewhere on the web.

💼 [easy.jobs](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easyjobs): All-in-one recruitment solution for creating & managing job posts to find the right talent for your company.



Visit [WPDeveloper](https://wpdeveloper.com/) to learn more about how to do better in WordPress with [Help Tutorial, Tips & Tricks](https://wpdeveloper.com/blog).


== Installation ==

= Modern Way: =
1. Go to the WordPress Dashboard "Add New Plugin" section.
2. Search For "SchedulePress".
3. Install, then Activate it.

= Old Way: =
1. Upload the `wp-scheduled-posts` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.


You are good to go!



== Frequently Asked Questions ==


= Where Did WP Scheduled Posts Go? =

[WP Scheduled Posts](https://wpdeveloper.com/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/) has been rebranded as [SchedulePress](https://schedulepress.com/). The good news is – all the features you loved about WP Scheduled Posts will remain the same along with additional new & improved user interfaces. Your WordPress content will not be affected by this. Read our [announcement blog post](https://wpdeveloper.com/rebranding-wp-scheduled-posts-is-schedulepress/) here to find out more [details](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/where-did-wp-scheduled-posts-go/).


= Can I Share Scheduled Posts on Social Media? =

Yes, you can share scheduled posts on social media by using [SchedulePress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/) that offer integrations with the most popular Social Media platforms, [Facebook](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/share-scheduled-posts-facebook/) & [Twitter](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/automatically-tweet-wordpress-posts/), [LinkedIn](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/share-wordpress-posts-on-linkedin/), [Pinterest](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/wordpress-posts-on-pinterest/), [Instagram](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/share-scheduled-wordpress-posts-on-instagram/), [Medium](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/automatically-share-wordpress-posts-on-medium/), [Threads](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/automatically-share-wordpress-posts-on-threads/) and [Google Business Profile](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/share-wordpress-posts-on-google-business-profile/). By simply connecting SchedulePress with your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Medium, Threads or Google Business Profile Account, your scheduled posts will be automatically shared on the respective platforms.

You can check out the step-by-step visual guide to sharing your content on multiple social media [sites](https://wpdeveloper.com/wordpress-auto-social-sharing/) using SchedulePress [here](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs/share-scheduled-posts-on-social-media/).


= Where Can I Find SchedulePress Documentation? =

You can find all the documentation for SchedulePress [here with this link](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs-category/wp-scheduled-posts/). If you run into any issues, feel free to contact our dedicated and super friendly [support team](https://wpdeveloper.com/docs-category/wp-scheduled-posts/) to assist you with anything related to SchedulePress.

Or if you want to see the live demonstration for all exclusive features of this plugin, then you can go with this [SchedulePress YouTube Video tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWHp1xKHCfxDgooG8tj4i-w-XIfRrwGpF) here to explore more.


= Do I Need Any Additional Plugins To Use SchedulePress? =

No, SchedulePress doesn’t require any additional plugin. All you have to do is to install and activate [SchedulePress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/) on your WordPress website and you are ready to go. You can check out the video below to know how to install this plugin.


== Screenshots ==

1. General Options Page
1. Schedule Calendar
3. Manage Schedule (Pro Feature)
4. Advanced Schedule
5. Missed Schedule Handler (Pro Feature)
6. Email Notify
7. Social Profile
8. Social Templates

== Changelog ==

= 5.2.15 - 2026-01-06 =
- Fixed: Removed frontend meta output to avoid duplication with SEO plugins.
- Improved: Pinterest post sharing.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.2.14 - 2025-12-03 =
- Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.9
- Fixed: Posts wasn't sharing on Pinterest
- Improved: Security enhancements
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.13 - 2025-11-17 =
- Fixed: Issue with connecting multiple Google Business profiles
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.2.12 - 2025-10-29 =
- Added: Support for ACF (Advanced Custom Fields).
- Improved: SCF gallery image support.
- Fixed: Social share issues for Instagram and Google My Business
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.11 - 2025-09-21 =
- Fixed: SSL certificate error when sharing posts to Facebook.
- Improved: Google Business connection process.
- Improved: Security enhancements.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.10 - 2025-08-25 =
- Added: SCF fields support.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.9 - 2025-08-19 =
- Improved: Security enhancements.
- Fixed: Uncaught Error Maximum call stack size.
- Fixed: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'checked')
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.8 - 2025-07-09 =
- Added: Custom Social Template support for sharing posts.
- Fixed: Duplicate posts appearing in the Draft section of the SchedulePress calendar.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.7 - 2025-06-11 =
- Fixed: An error occurred while creating or editing a post from the calendar.
- Improved : Performance of Calendar Events View for smoother navigation.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.6 - 2025-05-14 =
- Fixed: Gutenberg publish issue due to invalid thumbnail URL in social profile.
- Improved: Removed duplicate controller that was loading unnecessarily.
- Few minor bug fixes and improvements.

= 5.2.5 - 2025-04-16 =
- Fixed: “Upload Social Share Banner” option wasn’t working in the Classic Editor.
- Improved: Instagram authentication process.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.2.4 - 2025-03-25 =
- Improved: Added a default profile image for users without a profile photo.
- Improved: Enhanced Facebook social templates.
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where custom CSS code was being shared on social media.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.3 - 2025-02-23 =
- Fixed: Instagram post formatting issue
- Fixed: Duplicate draft posts on SchedulePress Calendar
- Fixed: JSON error while saving a post
- Fixed: Future-dated posts not publishing properly
- Fixed: Posts not sharing on LinkedIn profile and page
- Fixed: Text domain issue
- Improved: Auto-update for LinkedIn profile and page connection expiration
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements

= 5.2.2 - 2025-01-27 =
- Fixed: Post categories were being shared twice on social media.
- Fixed: Extra spaces were added when sharing posts on LinkedIn.
- Improved: Security enhancements.
- Few minor bug fixes and improvements.

= 5.2.1 - 2024-12-22 =
- Added: Taxonomy support for Post Types.
- Few minor bug fix & improvements.

= 5.2.0 - 2024-12-11 =
- Added: Threads social share integration.
- Fixed: Truncated text issue when sharing on Medium.
- Fixed: Post-sharing issue with WP Bakery Builder.
- Improved: LinkedIn profile connection process.
- Improved: Support for special characters in Medium sharing.
- Improved: Pinterest connection process.
- Few minor bug fixes and improvements.

= 5.1.10 - 2024-11-13 =
- Fixed: Conflict with TNC Flipbook and TNC PDF Viewer.
- Fixed: Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.9 - 2024-10-24 =
- Improved: Social Media connection process.
- Fixed: Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.8 - 2024-10-23 =
- Fixed: Scheduled posts were't showing on Dashboard widget.
- Fixed: Categories weren't sharing on Medium.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.7 - 2024-10-08 =
- Added: Support for Medium Social Share.
- Improvement: Optimized database queries for better performance.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.6 - 2024-09-05 =
- Fixed: Publish Post Immediately wasn't working.
- Fixed: Scheduled Posts were missing from Admin bar.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.5 - 2024-08-11 =
- Fixed: PHP Fatal error for Guzzelhttp.
- Improved: Post sharing issue from Multisite website.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.4 - 2024-07-14 =
- Added: WordPress 6.6 compatibility.
- Improved: Security Enhancement by Wordfence.
- Improved: Featured Image sharing process for Facebook Page.
- Improved: Pinterest Authentication Process.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.3 - 2024-07-07 =
- Improved: Twitter Social Share
- Improved: Facebook Page conneting authentication process.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.2 - 2024-06-10 =
- Improved: Allowed Post type for Elementor.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.1 - 2024-05-29 =
- Improved: Profile image visibility for connected Social Profiles.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.1.0 - 2024-04-30 =
- Added: Instagram Social Share.
- Improved: Twitter Post sharing.
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.0.11 - 2024-04-04 =
- Fixed: Conflict with JWT Auth plugin.
- Fixed: Post type 'All' was not working.
- Fixed: Uncaught TypeError: in_array().
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

= 5.0.10 - 2024-03-25 =
- Improved: Social Media authentication process.
- Fixed: Uncaught TypeError: array_slice().
- Few minor bug fixes & improvements.

[See changelog for all versions](https://schedulepress.com/changelog)

== Upgrade Notice ==
= 4.1.3 - 2021-12-15 =
* Few minor bug fix & improvements