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Unschedule a post so it will publish immediately

03.25.09|by George|8 Comments »|Add to my favorites|Popularity: 66% [?]|

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Posted in Troubleshooting, Version 2.7
Tags: future posts, publish, schedule, unschedule

If you’ve created a post and scheduled it go live sometime in the future, and then you change your mind, here’s how to make it live – publish it – right now.

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8 Responses

1. blackpresence August 24th, 2010 at 5:24 am

   Brilliant Thanks..this was driving me mad! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

2. Josh Harris May 2nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm

   Finally, I’ve been trying to work this out for ages! Thanks so much. It should be so much more simple than it, is, surely there should be a button ‘Publish now’ instead!

3. Bangkok Sightseeing June 16th, 2011 at 10:01 pm

   Great, thanks! I was trying to find a solution for it. WordPress should just have an option to “unschedule” to make it easier…

4. abid March 30th, 2012 at 10:33 pm

   i dont know how to thank you. u save my day. i got troubled with scheduled post in my site and now it is fixed.

5. Tony Gallacher April 12th, 2012 at 8:53 am

   Excellent. Just used this. Thanks.

6. Missy June 13th, 2012 at 8:42 am

   THANK YOU!

7. Sander July 14th, 2012 at 12:10 pm

   Thanks!

8. Joanna August 6th, 2012 at 5:22 pm

   Thanks so much! Worked like a charm!

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