Schedule Posts

Adds scheduling to the front-end Create Post form, so authors can pick a future date and time instead of publishing immediately.

It uses WordPress native scheduling — scheduled posts get the standard future status and publish through WordPress's own cron, so they behave exactly like a post scheduled from the admin.

No settings. Enable it under Voxel Toolkit → Functions and the scheduling control appears on the Create Post form.

How it behaves

• The author picks a publish date and time when submitting
• The post is saved with the future status until then
• WordPress publishes it automatically at the scheduled moment
• Everything that normally runs on publish runs then — including Auto-Share to Timeline and AI Post Summary

Because it's native scheduling, scheduled posts appear in the admin post list under Scheduled and can be rescheduled or published early from there.

What to use it for

• Events and announcements timed to go live at a specific moment
• Editorial workflows where content is prepared ahead of a launch
• Members preparing listings in advance of a season or opening date

Troubleshooting

Scheduled posts don't publish on time

This is a WordPress cron issue, not a plugin one.

WordPress cron fires on page visits

WordPress has no real clock — scheduled tasks run when someone visits the site. On a quiet site a post scheduled for 9am may not publish until the first visitor arrives.

For reliable timing, disable WP_CRON in wp-config.php and drive wp-cron.php from a real server cron job. Most hosts, including xCloud, support this.

A post is stuck as "Missed schedule"

WordPress tried to publish it after the moment had passed and gave up. Open the post in the admin and publish it manually. If this happens repeatedly, the cause is cron — see above.

The scheduling control isn't on the form

• Confirm the function is enabled
• Confirm you're looking at the Create Post form, not the admin editor, which always had scheduling
• Clear any page cache, which may be serving a cached version of the form

Scheduled posts skip approval

Scheduling and moderation are independent. If your post type requires approval, check how Pre-Approve Posts or Auto Verify Posts are configured — those decide the status, and a scheduled post lands in whatever state they dictate when its time arrives.