Title: Set initial delay on post?
Last modified: December 30, 2018

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# Set initial delay on post?

 *  Resolved [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/)
 * Hello, great plugin, love it!
 * How can we set a delay to send newsletters on post? I have a user submitted post
   site. When someone posts there is a large delay after clicking submit/post because
   the plugin goes to work immediately emailing subscribers. I would like to set
   a delay of say 30 seconds before the post is submitted. Does that make sense?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Aditya Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethicaladitya/)
 * (@ethicaladitya)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11041180)
 * Hi lazyym,
 * Hope you are doing great. 🙂
 * I am afraid I didn’t understand it properly, what do you mean by saying “When
   someone posts there is a large delay after clicking submit/post because the plugin
   goes to work immediately emailing subscribers.” did you mean that the emails 
   are sending late or at the same moment?
 * If you want the emails to be sent after the delay of say 30 seconds you may refer
   to [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-delay-posts-from-appearing-in-wordpress-rss-feed/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-delay-posts-from-appearing-in-wordpress-rss-feed/)
   for more information.
 * Please do have a recheck and let me know your views.
 * Best,
    Aditya Shah
 *  Thread Starter [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11042030)
 * I want email subscribers to wait 30 seconds or so before emailing subscribers
   so my classifieds plugin can finish posting first. That doesn’t seem to be stopping
   it from beginning the email process immediately for email subscribers. I have
   over 1000 subscribers. When a member clicks PUBLISH LISTING in the wpadverts 
   plugin to post a classified ad, there is a large delay. When I check my email
   log, even with this function added, your plugin still begins sending emails immediately.
 *  [Aditya Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethicaladitya/)
 * (@ethicaladitya)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11048557)
 * Hi lazyym,
 * In that case, there is a workaround. You can set CRON to send your emails at 
   a certain time. Please refer to this documentation for further information [https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-schedule-cron-emails/](https://www.icegram.com/documentation/es-how-to-schedule-cron-emails/)
 * Hope this helps you.
 * Best,
    Aditya Shah
 *  Thread Starter [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11048913)
 * I’ll leave with the suggestion of the ability to set a delay time. Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11048963)
 * I’ve set up an hourly cron. Is there a setting to turn off send emails immediately
   somewhere and to use cron instead? I don’t see a “use cron” check box anywhere…..
 *  Thread Starter [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11048998)
 * I now find it in post notifications. When I edit the single existing notification“
   Select Notification Status when a new post is published” that has worked for 
   years NOT on cron, when I try to select use cron, I get an error to select email
   subject and they are empty……
 *  Thread Starter [lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/)
 * (@lazyym)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11049113)
 * I’ve sent a support ticket to your site. Something is wrong…..
 *  [Aditya Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethicaladitya/)
 * (@ethicaladitya)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-initial-delay-on-post/#post-11056229)
 * Hi, [@lazyym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lazyym/),
 * It seems like you have marked this thread as resolved and as you mentioned that
   you sent us a support ticket, we will take care of the issue there.
 * Best,
    Aditya Shah

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