Time Release

With Time Release, you can set your blog to publish a post after some period of inactivity. You edit and create Time Release posts in the usual manner, but you mark it as “Time Release”. After a few days, if you haven’t posted any new stories, then the Time Release posts will start to be published. You can install the plugin from the Wordpress plugin page.

 

Time Delay edit widgetTo mark a post as Time Release:

  1. Create a new post,
  2. On the post edit page, check the box “Queue post for time release” in the “Time Release” sidebar widget,
  3. Save the post as a draft.

 

You can see your Time Release posts by going to the “Edit Posts” page of your blog. You’ll see a new column with a pill icon for a title. All Time Release posts have a little pill. Time Release posts that haven’t been published yet show a count to the number of days before the post is published.

"Edit Posts" page with Time Release

 

To control the number of days before a Time Release post appears: Open the Settings menu in your admin dashboard and go to the “Time Release” page. It will allow you to control how many post-free days must go by before your Time Release posts start to appear.

 

You will receive an email telling you when Time Release publishes a post. There is also a dashboard widget in your admin pages showing you when the Time Release posts were published and when new ones will appear.

26 Responses to “Time Release”

  1. Posted by Christian Leu
    2009.Nov.23 @ 08:15

    I was just installed time release and tried to change the number of days but got a error that i have not enough rights to view the page. i’m logged in as admin?

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  • Posted by Nate
    2009.Nov.26 @ 17:00

    I’m getting the same error “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”
    Running the latest version of WP 2.8.6, PHP 5 and mysql 5

    I’ve got quite a few plugins installed but the problem seems to persist even when all others are disabled.

    Perhaps it has something to do with folder permissions?

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  • Posted by Mattias
    2009.Nov.28 @ 01:45

    Hi.

    I posted in the supportthread at the wp forums as well. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/334991?replies=2%23post-1295974 Can it be related to the language files?

    I just have to say: Great plugin! I´ve been searching for a pluin like this for ages. You have really saved my day.

    /Mattias

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  • Posted by Scott
    2009.Nov.28 @ 15:41

    Getting the same error, no matter what my permissions are set at.

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  • Posted by Erigami
    2009.Nov.29 @ 20:34

    I’ve released version 1.0.3 of the plugin that may fix the “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page” problem. (I say “may” because I can’t reproduce the problem)

    Please install version 1.0.3 and let me know if that solves the problem.

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  • Posted by Nate
    2009.Nov.30 @ 01:18

    I’ve installed the newest version and now simply accessing the options page gives the same “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.” error.

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  • Posted by Mark
    2010.Jan.14 @ 10:15

    Sorry if I am a bit slow on the uptake, but I am trying to discover exactly how this plugin functions. It sounds great, by the way.

    I am trying to understand how the number of days set before being posted meshes with “After a few days, if you haven’t posted any new stories…” Would it be accurate to say that once the time release pill days have past, the post will publish only after a “few” more days without posts passes? And does “few” mean three?

    Assume I have two drafts set to time release, one 7 days and the other 14. Let’s further say that 14 days have past with no significant gaps in regular publishing. If three days of quiet ensues, will both time release posts be published, or will it do one and wait for three more quiet days for the other?

    Or do I totally not get it?

    Thanks

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  • Posted by Mark
    2010.Jan.15 @ 14:21

    Makes perfect sense. Somehow my brain got ahold of the idea that there were two values at work. Once that happened I couldn’t see straight. Reading your explanation, plus actually using it, it all seems clear.

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  • Posted by Mark
    2010.Jan.15 @ 14:22

    And fantastic app!

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  • Posted by Henrik Jernevad
    2010.Jan.25 @ 08:42

    Hi,

    I just installed TR on my WP 2.9 blog using the “Add New” option in the plugins menu. I searched for it in the WP database, found it and installed it. That created a folder called “time-release”. However, the plugin is looking for the pill icons in the post list at “../timerelease/ui/…”. So, they doesn’t show up. I simply deactivated/renamed/activated and it worked as expected. Could be nice to have things work “out of the box” when installing, though.

    I’m eager to start using the plugin though! It’s a really great idea.

    A quick question – how does WP’s normal schedule ability affect TR? What about a draft, marked with TR for 7 days, but with a scheduled date of say 3 days into the future. Or a scheduled date of 10 days?

    Best Regards

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  • Posted by Henrik Jernevad
    2010.Jan.25 @ 09:03

    Also, just to make sure. I assume the date of the article (including permalink) is set to whenever it is actually published, rather than when it was last edited or marked for TR. Right? :-)

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  • Posted by Henrik Jernevad
    2010.Jan.25 @ 09:07

    And finally… :-)

    At what time does they get published?
    * At the same time as the last published post + the given TR delay, or
    * when the last published post was published + plus TR delay + delay that might be caused by WP’s pseudo-cron? In other words, can I make it always publish posts e.g. 8am, or will the publish time it slowly drift?

    (Sorry about the multiple comments, you might want to join them :-) )

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  • Posted by Mara
    2010.Feb.01 @ 06:26

    Hi

    How i can do add post as time rellease post ? do you add new field on database. i’m using feedwordpess and i need your plugin to scheduled my post.

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  • Posted by Henrik Jernevad
    2010.Feb.03 @ 11:00

    Hello again. :-)

    Thanks for the great plugin. Soon I will not be able to live without it. :-)

    I have a slightly irritating problem, however. When I check the

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  • Posted by Henrik Jernevad
    2010.Feb.03 @ 11:04

    Hello again. :-)

    Thanks for the great plugin. Soon I will not be able to live without it. :-)

    I have a slightly irritating problem, however. When I check the “Queue post for time release”, the “Uncategorized” category also get checked. When I uncheck the first, the second one gets unchecked as well. Needless to say, that’s a bit irritating. :-) I can avoid posting them as Uncategorized by simply unchecking that category, so it’s no show-stopper, but I would be glad if I didn’t have to.

    Best Regards, Henrik

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  • Posted by onurb
    2010.Feb.04 @ 06:51

    Great plugin!
    but, one thing: I would like to change the code so that it publishes one draft a day, even if i have manually published a post in the ‘idle’ period. Is this possible? Or could you give some hints where to change this?
    (i’m new to php…)
    Thanks!

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