SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher icon

SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher

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79 Quality Score
Active Installs
18/30

A 60/30 popularity score reflects 10,000 active installs, which is respectable but modest compared to the 90,000-install social-sharing alternatives on the market.

Update Freshness
25/25

A perfect 25/25 maintenance score signals an actively developed plugin with a fresh release in early July 2026 and recent compatibility updates.

User Rating
14/15

The 92/100 rating across 201 reviews is a strong endorsement from users who have actually tried the plugin in production.

Support Health
8/15

A 50/15 support score reflects a small absolute volume of only 4 threads, so the 100% resolution rate is encouraging but the sample size is thin.

WP Compatibility
15/15

A full 15/15 compatibility score confirms it works with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4, giving it a very wide compatibility window.

Scores higher than 73% of indexed plugins

About

Automate your WordPress content scheduling with a visual calendar, auto/manual schedulers, missed‑post handler, social sharing options & templates.

Active Installs 10k+
Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5
Last Updated 2026-09-15 11:30am GMT
Requires WordPress 4.0+
Tested Up To 7.1
Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched
3 Medium

Most recent: July 15, 2024

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What It Does

SchedulePress replaces your reliance on cron-driven missed-post hacks with a built-in publisher that catches stranded drafts, and pairs it with a visual editorial calendar so you can see and drag your content pipeline. It also pushes scheduled posts to social networks on autopilot and offers pre-built social share templates.

Who It's For

Solo bloggers, content marketers, and small editorial teams who publish on a regular cadence and want one dashboard to plan, schedule, and promote posts without juggling separate calendar, social, and missed-post tools. It is especially useful if you have been burned by posts failing to publish on time on shared hosting where WP-Cron is unreliable.

Who Should Skip It

If you only publish a few posts a month, or you already use a dedicated social scheduler like Buffer or Publer alongside a calendar tool such as PublishPress or Editorial Calendar, the overlap is not worth adding another plugin. Sites on tightly locked-down enterprise environments that restrict outbound social API calls will not get full value either.

The Bottom Line

SchedulePress earns a 79.21/100 overall quality score by combining three tools most sites pay for separately: a missed-post fixer, a visual calendar, and social auto-sharing. The 10,000-install base is smaller than dedicated social plugins, so niche use cases may have less community documentation, but the recent update cadence and 92% user rating make it a low-risk pick for its target audience.

Tags

auto scheduler auto sharing post schedule schedule-calendar social share