Google cannot index a private post unless you have posted its link somewhere.,
My issue stands: I would like to schedule the posts, not publish them immediately; when they are published, I would like them to be private. How do I achieve this?
Thank you.
Set the Visibility to Private and then adjust the publication date to suit. That works for me.
That is exactly the problem:)
As soon as I set Visibility to Private, I loose the ability to schedule my posts, because it goes to Published.
I’m sorry but I cannot replicate this. The process I outlined above works perfectly for me.
This is frustrating.
I disabled all plugins, the problem persists.
Do I have to re-install WP to see, if it will solve the problem?
You could try that to see if it helps. Or have you tried:
– switching to the default 2014 theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder and wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.
So, here is what I came up with.
If my Visibility is set to Public, I have no problem scheduling a post. Once the Visibility option is Private, the scheduler is still there, but when I click “Update”, then it goes to Privately Published status and appears on my site. However, if I do not “Update”, then it stays scheduled and appears at a planned time.
Is there any possible explanation to this?
I appreciate your help. I did not find any other information on this problem anywhere else.
Unfortunately, this problem persists, and, apparently, it is just a part of WordPress, and not a conflict within my own installation.
WordPress explains it here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Content_Visibility, saying:
“Once you change the visibility to private, the post or page status changes to “Privately Published” as shown. Private posts are automatically published but not visible to anyone but those with the appropriate permission levels (Editor or Administrator). “
What, if I do not want the posts to be “automatically published”, but stay scheduled for future dates in a private mode? I find it hard to believe that this little problem would exist without a solution in such a sophisticated environment as WordPress…
