Title: post_status, draft
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# post_status, draft

 *  [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post_status-draft/)
 * Does Content Scheduler only work on posts that have a post_status of _publish_?
   I have some placeholder **draft** posts that I wouldn’t mind Content Scheduler
   to act on…
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-scheduler/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-scheduler/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Kaiser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freakingid/)
 * (@freakingid)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post_status-draft/#post-3605789)
 * Yes, right now it does narrow down to published posts.
    Hmm… interesting idea.
   Original scope was to take published items and do something with them at a certain
   time.
 * Can you briefly describe your use case for Content Scheduler affecting drafts?
 * Thanks,
    Paul
 *  Thread Starter [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post_status-draft/#post-3605793)
 * I’m using [Edit Flow](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/edit-flow/) and posts
   are never Published. Posts get assigned various statuses and there are instances
   where I’d like to have Content Scheduler notify me that a particular post has
   expired.
 *  Plugin Author [Paul Kaiser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freakingid/)
 * (@freakingid)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post_status-draft/#post-3605796)
 * I’m familiar with Edit Flow — it’s great!
    Do you need Content Scheduler to actually
   cause a post_status change? Or just notify you when post_status has changed (
   perhaps changed by some other means.)
 *  Thread Starter [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post_status-draft/#post-3605797)
 * Notification on expiration (regardless of post_status) would be fine. I’d then
   go in and reschedule the post and set a new expiry. I don’t need to change the
   post_status at all.

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