[wp-hackers] future post, future ping?

Max maxbear at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 13:56:02 GMT 2007


Thanks a lot. So information stated on that plugin page is not that accurate.

Max

On Nov 18, 2007 9:13 PM, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2007 2:11 AM, Max <maxbear at gmail.com> wrote:
> > As far as I know, when you make a future post, wordpress will ping it
> > in the future only. Is it really true for 2.3.1?
> >
> > But I found a plugin which said wordpress ping is dangerous to use,
> > sine when you make a future post, it will ping that post at the time
> > you press the publish button.
>
> Prior to version 2.1, WordPress would ping at the time you hit
> "publish," even for future posts.  For versions including 2.1 and
> newer, WP sets the status of the post to "future" and uses the
> built-in cron to publish the post (and do the associated actions, such
> as pinging) at that future time.
>
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