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Benefit: Good scheduling is key for increasing productivity for dedicated and serious bloggers.
Problem: Keeping track of dozens of drafts becomes difficult in the WordPress interface.
Practical WordPress Tip: Use the Date filter to save massive time when arranging scheduled posts in the Edit Posts page.
Here’s how to get started:
- Use the date range filter on the Edit Posts administration page.
- Select the current month.
- Move all posts that won’t be published ahead in time.
- Repeat for next month.
Why: The difficulty comes in part because there is only “Post” and “Page” types built into WordPress. There is no “Note” type for storing posts in a “Pre-Draft” state. Note-type articles could be later published as posts or pages.
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In a way this is a quality problem – when will I post all the stuff I have written? or, I have too much stuff written to keep track of.
Nice, practical tip!
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It’s been helpful for me.
I like having a lot of drafts too. I don’t always publish every one. Sometimes I even drafts. But it really helps when I can see what’s upcoming and what’s in development.
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