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GoTasks Content Scheduler

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Description

GoTasks Content Scheduler helps administrators schedule future updates for WordPress posts and pages.

Main features:

  • Schedule updates for post title, content, excerpt, and featured image.
  • Select which fields should be updated.
  • Support selected ACF field types.
  • Create JSON backups before applying scheduled updates.
  • Restore posts from generated backups.
  • View execution logs from the WordPress admin.
  • Run due scheduled updates through WP-Cron, manual execution, or an external cron URL.
  • Manage external cron settings with token-based access.

This plugin is intended for administrators who need safer management of scheduled content updates.

  1. Upload the gotasks-content-scheduler folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin ZIP from the WordPress admin.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
  3. Open GoTasks Content Scheduler from the WordPress admin menu.
  4. Create a reserved update from a supported post or page.
  5. Configure external cron settings from the plugin settings page if needed.
  1. Reserved update list with status, target post, scheduled time, and available actions.

    Reserved update list with status, target post, scheduled time, and available actions.

  2. Reserved update editor for selecting title, content, excerpt, featured image, and supported ACF field updates.

    Reserved update editor for selecting title, content, excerpt, featured image, and supported ACF field updates.

  3. Reserved update detail screen showing selected fields, execution status, backup information, and restore actions.

    Reserved update detail screen showing selected fields, execution status, backup information, and restore actions.

  4. Log viewer for checking execution history, filtering logs, and downloading log files when enabled.

    Log viewer for checking execution history, filtering logs, and downloading log files when enabled.

  5. Settings screen for log display options, log download control, and optional external cron execution.

    Settings screen for log display options, log download control, and optional external cron execution.

How are scheduled updates executed?

Scheduled updates can be executed by WP-Cron, manually from the admin screen, or through an optional external cron URL for environments where a server cron or external cron service is preferred.

Is an external cron required?

No. External cron execution is optional and disabled by default.

Is the external cron URL protected?

Yes. External cron execution requires a generated token and must be enabled in the plugin settings. Do not share the URL publicly.

Does the plugin create backups?

Yes. The plugin creates JSON backups before applying scheduled updates. Restore backups are also created before restore operations.

Does the plugin support ACF?

The plugin supports selected basic ACF field types. Complex ACF fields may be included in backups, but scheduled editing support is limited.

Will completed jobs be executed again automatically?

No. Completed jobs are not executed again by the normal runner.

0.1.2

  • Improved internationalization strings for WordPress.org translation compatibility.
  • Updated Japanese translations and formatting consistency.
  • Fixed spacing and punctuation consistency in Japanese admin text.

0.1.1

  • Added missing admin CSS and JavaScript files for the plugin admin screens.
  • Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.1.

0.1.0

  • Initial development release.
  • Added reserved update creation and execution.
  • Added field selection for title, content, excerpt, featured image, and selected ACF fields.
  • Added JSON backup and restore support.
  • Added log viewer.
  • Added settings screen.
  • Added external cron URL with token-based execution.
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