Where did my Schedule Option Go?

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  goodoldlulu · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 10:01 pm

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  I used to be able to schedule posts days ahead of time but when I tried to do it for today, January 1, 2013. I figured it must be a glitch because it was the new year so I tried to do it today to post for tonight.

  There was no ‘schedule’ button as there usually is. I edited the date so it was for 23:00. The only button available was ‘publish’ so I clicked that. It showed as it usually does when I publish something and yet it doesn’t show up.

  I tried to find it as a scheduled post but that doesn’t show anything.

  Is this a wordpress issue? I’d sure hate to lose the scheduling option.

  Any help gratefully accepted!
  thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 10:48 pm

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  Can you locate the missing post here?
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts
  If so you can edit it and publish it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/schedule-a-post/

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  goodoldlulu · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 11:54 pm

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  hi,
  Thanks for the quick reply!

  No, unfortunately, I can not find it under all posts. The only way I can find it if I look under search.

  So I guess it will show at 23:00.

  It seems odd that I have this problem coincidentally on Jan 1st of the new year.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 12:51 am

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  Note: Scheduled posts are currently only triggered to publish when the first person visits the blog after the scheduled time. For now, think of it as “schedule after this time.”

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  goodoldlulu · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 2:30 am

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  hi,
  So do you mean is that wordpress has scrapped the scheduled posts button that they had before today?
  What if nobody visits the blog after the scheduled time?
  I liked to have it post at a certain time every night. Does this mean I can’t do this anymore?
  I’m not sure I understand the logic behind this.
  thanks,

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  timethief · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 2:32 am

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  No as far a as I know nothing has changed with scheduling posts.

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  goodoldlulu · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 7:54 pm

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  Day after the post was scheduled and posted and yet it doesn’t show up anywhere.

  it’s very odd. I can’t find it under all published or drafts or anywhere.

  And yet it did show published and when I clicked view your post, I could see it there.

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  goodoldlulu · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 8:02 pm

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  Oops!
  Figured it out.
  When I scheduled it, I didn’t make it 2013 so it was showing in the Jan 2012 archives.
  Thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 8:03 pm

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  It’s good to know you worked through this. You’re welcome.