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Back to the Future

Description

  • Displays future/scheduled posts on single.php(Single Post Template)
  • Displays future/scheduled posts using shortcode
  • Enables comments for future/scheduled posts

For Developers

On your template, just simply add the string ‘post_status=future’ to your WP_Query

Example: WP_Query(‘post_status=future’);

$args = array(  'post_type' => 'post_type', 
                'posts_per_page' => '-99',
                'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'future' )
            );

            $loop = new WP_Query( $args );

            while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); 

Read More in https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query/

This displays all future and published posts.

License

Back to the Future is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Back to the Future is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Back to the Future. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Screenshots

  • Post scheduled for October 21, 2015, the date movie Back to the future.

  • Movie image from back to the future where it shows the date of the future.

Installation

  1. Upload ‘back-to-the-future.php’ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Go to the Plugins page in your WordPress Admin area and click ‘Activate’ for Back to the Future

FAQ

How to show future/schedules post in theme?

On your template, just simply add the string ‘post_status=future’ to your WP_Query

Example: WP_Query(‘post_status=future’);

$args = array(  'post_type' => 'post_type', 
                'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'future' )
            );

            $loop = new WP_Query( $args );

            while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); 

Read More in https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query/

How to show future/schedules post in page using shortcode?

On your page or post using [backfuture] for show future posts.

Parameters currently accepted in shortcode

  • post_type = Default: post
  • posts_per_page = Default: All
  • orderby = Default: menu_order
  • thumbsize = Default: thumbnail

Example [backfuture post_type="movie" posts_per_page="5" thumbsize="large"]

This displays all future and published posts.

Reviews

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Contributors & Developers

“Back to the Future” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

1.0 – 29/01/2015

  • Initial Release.