While Dr. Tanya, who hosts Blogging Insights, is on a hiatus, Sadje thought that she could host discussions about our experiences and expectations regarding blogging on Blogging Platform.
Today’s topic is the pre-scheduling feature of WordPress, and Sadje wants to know…
Do you pre-scheduling your posts ahead of time? What has been your experience regarding this convenience?
I pre-schedule all of my prompt posts. For my daily Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC), I create the posts typically one to two weeks ahead. For my other prompts — now down to two: Fandango’s Story Starter and Fandango’s Friday Flashback — I generally try to schedule them anywhere between one to three days ahead of their post dates.
I also use the scheduler to post some of my prompt responses in advance. For example, I wrote my response to Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt yesterday and it’s scheduled to post tomorrow morning. I also typically craft my response to Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday on Saturday and schedule it to publish at 3:00 am Sunday morning.
Bottom line, the pre-scheduling function serves a valuable purpose and I use it to help me manage my blog, especially since I post multiple times a day.
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I should use it more than I do so I might try to! X
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Thanks for sharing Fandango! I agree that for bloggers who post more than once a day, this is very convenient. And also for those who are hosting prompts or challenges.
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It took me nearly ten years to use this feature now I’d be lost without it! Very handy indeed!
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I schedule posts ahead of time, but never more than a day or two. I’ve never had a problem. One time, I scheduled a post a week ahead because I was going to be out of town. It was a One-Liner Wednesday post, and events in the news between when it was scheduled and when it would appear made it inappropriate. I was able to cancel the post.
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