I know when you set a post with a future date, it won't *appear* until that day and time in question, but what if I wanted it to appear. Is there a way to query it so that if there is a future posting, it will appear? Thanks!
I know when you set a post with a future date, it won't *appear* until that day and time in question, but what if I wanted it to appear. Is there a way to query it so that if there is a future posting, it will appear? Thanks!
Change the date and time back to something before teh current time and resave it. It should show right up.
Dr.Mike, thanks, but I should be more clear. What I'm trying to accomplish for our office intranet site is an events blog. We have events planned two or more weeks in advance. It wouldn't be an effective events blog if it only displays the current date. I want to be able to display an event posted today for an event that will occur in future.
I realize this might be somewhat backwards thinking, but I have plans for this.
It would require a plugin (untested):
add_action("save_post","changeFuturePost");
function changeFuturePost($post_ID){
global $wpdb;
$post = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID=$post_ID");
if ($post->post_status=="future"){
$wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET post_status='publish' WHERE ID=$post_ID");
wp_clear_scheduled_hook('publish_future_post', $post_ID);
do_action('publish_post', $post_ID);
}
}
Like I said, it's not tested, but should give you a general idea of what needs to be done.