Scheduled Content

You can set content to publish or unpublish at a future date and time, for example a news post that goes live on Monday morning, or a site alert that ends when a road reopens. On most sites, scheduling is available for News, Site Alerts, Home Features.

Schedule Publishing

While adding or editing the content, open Scheduling options in the sidebar on the right. Under Publish on, choose a date and a time, then save.

• The content is saved as unpublished, whatever you choose under Save as, and stays hidden until that time.
• It’s published shortly after the time you set, when the site next runs its scheduled tasks, so it may not be to the minute.
• Both a date and a time are needed, and the date must be in the future.

Schedule Unpublishing

Under Unpublish on, choose the date and time the content should come down, then save. The content stays on your site, unpublished, so you can publish it again later. You can set both dates on the same item, for example to show a holiday notice for one week.

See Everything That’s Scheduled

Go to Content → Scheduled Content. The list shows each scheduled item with its Publish on and Unpublish on dates. Use the filters at the top to find an item by title, content type or status.

Change or Cancel a Schedule

Select Edit in the item’s row, open Scheduling options, and change the date and time. To cancel, clear the date and save. The content then stays as it is: unpublished content won’t be published, and published content won’t be taken down.

Tips

• Preview the content before scheduling it, so it’s ready when it goes live.
• Check the Scheduled Content list now and then for items you no longer need.