WordPress Timestamp: Save Time Blogging

Time is something that blogging can take up a lot of. Whether it’s writing interesting posts, trying to edit them or just doing research. With some Bloggers it’s a well oiled machine, others find it hard to keep any consistency between posting times.
Personally I try to find a few hours every night to write posts or come up with ideas for new posts. However, since I work a full time job as well, time sometimes gets the better of me.

So here’s a quick tip that I’ve started using lately to make sure I keep my blog content as fresh as possible.

Instead of spending a few hours every night making posts, why not sit down & dedicate a set number of hours at the start of the week & write the posts in advance? This can be good especially if you’ve got lots of ideas floating around but don’t want to blog them all at once.

WordPress has a nifty built in feature that allows you to schedule posts in the future. You’ll notice it on the right hand menu whilst writing a post. The timestamp feature:

The Timestamp tab allows you to schedule posts in the future, or even in the past if you like! The advantages of something like this to a blogger is invaluable. You could simply write all your posts at the beginning of the week & schedule them throughout the week to post themselves. You could also schedule posts whilst you’re away on holidays.

How’s it done?

If you hit the edit timestamp tab then put in the time you’d like the post to be published you can schedule it for whenever you like. The trick is to not hit save on the post but to actually publish it like you normally would. Otherwise it’ll not publish it at the right time.

So now you’ll be able to free up more of your time for research, playing video games or spending valuable time down the pub with your mates