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# Scheduling post publishing in WordPress

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This article describes how to schedule when WordPress publishes a post. Using this feature, you can set a post to be published automatically in the future.

<Warning>
  **Important**

  This article assumes that you have already set up a cron job for your WordPress site. For information about how to do this, please see [this article](/docs/configuring-a-cron-job-for-wordpress).
</Warning>

## Scheduling the publishing date and time for a post

To schedule when WordPress publishes a new post, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress.

2. Under **Dashboard**, click **Posts**, and then click **Add New**.

3. Write your post.

4. Under **Publish**, next to **Publish immediately**, click **Edit**. Boxes with the current date and time appear.

5. Select the date and time when you want WordPress to publish the article automatically, and then click **OK**.

6. Click **Schedule**. The post does not appear on your site until the date and time you specified in step 5.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > More precisely, the post appears on your site the first time the cron job runs *after* the specified date and time. For example, if your WordPress cron job is set to run every 30 minutes at the top and bottom of the hour, and you schedule a post to be published at 15 minutes past the hour, it will not appear on your site until 30 minutes past the hour when the cron job runs.

## Related articles

* [Configuring a cron job for WordPress](/docs/configuring-a-cron-job-for-wordpress)

* [Configuring WordPress date and time settings](/docs/configuring-wordpress-date-and-time-settings)