Pheasantly Queued Publication

Pheasantly Queued Publication is a WordPress post queue for editors who want to schedule posts on a recurring publishing queue without calculating dates manually. Define a recurring post schedule or weekly publishing calendar, then queue posts for publication in the next available publishing slot. Keep using WordPress' native scheduled posts, but choose publish times from reusable weekly slots such as "Monday 13:00" or "Friday 09:30". This gives your content publishing schedule a predictable rhythm while keeping WordPress as the source of truth for publication. The plugin does not create a separate publication queue of post records. It stores reusable slot definitions in one custom table and stores actual scheduled-post state in WordPress core posts with post_status = future. WordPress core handles publication in the normal scheduled-post way. Features

• wp-admin screen for managing recurring publication slots for your content workflow
• Validation that prevents duplicate weekly slots with the same day and time
• Queue action in the classic editor
• Queue action in the block editor
• Scheduled-post overview screen with calendar and list views, useful as a lightweight editorial calendar or content calendar
• Queue a post into the next available slot
• Pick one of the next available upcoming slots when you need to schedule blog posts in advance
• Occupancy avoidance: datetimes already used by other scheduled posts are not offered

Getting started

1. Go to Queue Posts -> Publication Slots.
2. Configure recurring slots by adding a day of week and time of day. Each row is a recurring pattern, not a one-off date.
3. Open an unpublished, unscheduled post.
4. Find Queue for publication in the post status or publish area (works both in classic and block editor).
5. Choose Queue for next slot or Pick a slot. This will queue for the next available slot or your selected specific upcoming slot.
6. Review scheduled posts at Queue Posts -> Queued Posts in calendar or list view. The post scheduling calendar shows every future post on the site, not only posts queued through this plugin.

Usage scenarios How to create a weekly publishing schedule Go to Queue Posts -> Publication Slots. Select a weekday and time, then click Add Slot. Repeat this for every regular publishing time. Each row is a repeating weekly pattern rather than a one-time event. For example, Wednesday at 9:00 AM makes future Wednesdays at 9:00 AM available to the queue. You can add multiple times on the same day, such as Tuesday at 9:00 AM and Tuesday at 3:00 PM. You cannot add the exact same weekday and time twice. How to queue a post into the next open slot Open an unpublished, unscheduled post in the block editor or classic editor. Open the Queue for publication options and select Queue for next slot. Pheasantly finds the earliest configured time that is in the future and is not already occupied. The post then becomes a normal WordPress scheduled post. How to choose a specific upcoming slot Open the queue options and choose Pick a slot. Select a date and time, then confirm your choice. The picker shows up to 10 upcoming free dates. Occupied dates are omitted. If the date you want is absent, another post may already be scheduled for that exact time, or the date may fall beyond the choices currently shown. How to queue several drafts Queue ready drafts in the order in which you want them published. Use Queue for next slot on each draft. After the first draft takes the earliest free date, the next draft takes the next free date, and so on. Review the final order under Queue Posts -> Queued Posts. How to review upcoming publications Go to Queue Posts -> Queued Posts. Use the calendar to see your schedule across months, or use Toggle View to switch to the grouped list. Smaller screens use the list view by default. Post titles link to their editor screens. The overview includes every future post on the site, including posts scheduled manually or by another plugin. How to change or remove a queued post A queued post is an ordinary WordPress scheduled post. Open it and use the standard WordPress scheduling controls to change its publication date and time. To remove it from the schedule, change it back to a non-scheduled status such as Draft and save it. You can queue it again later. How to change the recurring schedule Go to Queue Posts -> Publication Slots and delete a recurring time you no longer need. Add a replacement slot if required. Deleting a recurring slot only affects future queue choices. It does not move or cancel posts that are already scheduled.

0.40

• Initial WordPress.org release.
• Queueing to the next slot now fails clearly when no publication slots have been configured yet.
• Duplicate weekly publication slots are rejected when adding a slot.
• Classic and block editors show a setup message when no slots exist yet, instead of broken queue controls.
• Classic editor shows WordPress' native scheduled-post success notice after queueing.
• Publication Slots admin screen to add and delete recurring weekly slots.
• Queued Posts admin screen with calendar and list views of all scheduled posts.
• Queue controls in the classic editor publish box and the block editor post status panel.
• Queue a post for the next available slot or pick from the next upcoming free slots.
• Datetimes already used by another scheduled post are not offered when queueing.
• Scheduling uses native WordPress future posts.