Using the Publish box – Working with Drafts in WordPress.
WordPress gives you a few extra options when it comes to Publishing your Post.
The Publish box is on the right side of the ‘Write Post Page’.
The functions of the ‘Save Draft’, ‘Preview’ and ‘Publish’ buttons are obvious.
It’s the options in the middle of the Publish box I’m going to explain here.
Status, Visibility and the Time Stamp
To edit these options just click on the Edit Link on the right of each option.
This will expand the menu (see the image below)
Click on the image for a larger view
Status Options; Use the Drop down Menu to choose, and then click ‘OK’
- Published; the post is already published and live on your site, viewable by anyone.
You can still edit the post and change its status at any time - Pending review; Your Post is waiting to be approved by an administrator
- Draft; The Post is only viewable by yourself and administrators until the status is changed to ‘Published’
Visibility Options; Use the Radio Buttons to choose, and then click ‘OK’
- Public; Your post will be visible to everyone when its Published
- Public- Stick this Post to the front page;
In some themes this option will publish this post at the top , on your home page, over newer posts. Until you change it. - Password Protected; Choose this option if you want to limit who sees your Post when it’s published. You can give the password to the people you would like to read.
- Private; Your post will be published but only you will be able to see it.
Post Timestamp
You can schedule when your post will be published by editing the time and date in this section.
For Example … if you have written several posts in one day. But would like to space out when they are published and go live. You can schedule the time here.
You can also change the date published to an earlier time if you need to.
When you’ve selected the time and date you want click ‘OK’
