Controlled Draft Publisher

Publishes draft posts automatically on a schedule. Includes per-post-type intervals, an optional publishing window (e.g. only publish 9am-6pm on weekdays), email notifications, logging, and an admin dashboard with start/stop, manual publish, filter, and refresh controls.

Features: – Publish drafts at a configurable interval, globally or per post type. – Optional publishing window and weekend skip, so drafts never go out overnight or on weekends unless you want them to. – Optional email alert when a draft is published or when a publish attempt fails. – Simple start/stop controls and manual publish button. – “Next Up” preview on the dashboard shows exactly which drafts will publish next, in order, before it happens. – Per-post “Exclude this draft from auto-publish” option, for the odd draft you want to hold back by hand. – Activity log with timestamps, post titles, and permalinks, exportable to CSV. – Basic stats: total published, last published entry, 7-day activity chart. – Works with selected post types and categories.

Privacy Policy

Controlled Draft Publisher stores an activity log (cdp_log) in the WordPress database when logging is enabled. The log includes post IDs, titles, timestamps, permalinks, and post types for published drafts. If email notifications are enabled, publish summaries are sent to the configured notification address using WordPress’s built-in mail function. No user data is collected or sent externally. Logs can be cleared or exported via the dashboard. All plugin options are removed automatically when the plugin is deleted.

Notes

• Ensure your site meets the PHP and WordPress version requirements before installing.
• Server cron or WP-Cron behaviour may vary on low-traffic sites; consider using a real cron if reliable timing is required.
• Translation-ready: Includes controlled-draft-publisher.pot in the languages/ folder for translators.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

License URI

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html