How to Schedule and Publish a New Website Post

Learn how to efficiently create, edit, and schedule a post using a pre-defined template. This guide walks you through the essential steps for configuring post details, setting expiration dates, and applying proper tags for your website.

Bruce R
34 steps
6 minutes

Indivisiblepv

Navigate to [https://test.indivisiblepv.info/](https://test.indivisiblepv.info/)

Click "TEST Indivisible Portola Valley TEST" to go to the WP Admin dashboard

Click "Posts" to view the existing posts

Click "Drafts (2)" to see only the draft posts

Click "Duplicate" to duplicate the Template post

Double-click "Post Template \[Title\] (DUPLICATE)" to select all the title test that will be replaced.

Type "This is the Post's Title" (the new title)

Click the Slug "this-is-the-posts-title" so that you can change it.

Click the "Slug" field.

Replace the slug with "/post-title"

Replace "\[subtitle, if any - make italic\]" with the post's subtitle, if any.

Scroll down to see "Additional Directions" for the differnt sections of a regular post.

Add a "Blurb"

Add "Links" as needed.

Events posts are different from regular posts.

"set the Expiry Date (at bottom of the post) to the date/time of the event or meeting (or just after the event's date)."

Click "Expiry Date Move upMove downToggle panel: Expiry Date"

Click "4" to set the date

Click "10:50" to set the time

Click "Expiry Date"

Click "Save draft" (it is always good to ocassionally save your work)

Click "Post" tab

Click "Immediately" to change the post's date

Use the calendar to set the post to any day (past or future)

Click the "Uncategorized" field to remove it.

Click the "announcement" field. (for Events)

Click the "webinar" field, or any other category type for the post.

Click in the "Add Tag" field.

Type "event"

Click "event" that is displayed.\ Note: if you are an Editor, be sure the tag is displayed. If a tag does not match what you are typing, you will be adding a new tag. Before doing that, check the list of tags on the Categories and Tags page to see if their might be some other tags that will work.

Click "protest"

Click "Schedule" to publish the post. This post has a future date, so it won't show up until the date/time specified.

Click "Schedule" a second time, just to make sure you are really ready.