Social Media Marketing: Managing and Scheduling a Social Post

Schedule posts ahead of time for holidays or important events so you don't have to worry about being near your computer. Create your content in advance and schedule social posts to be published at a later date.

You can see a list of all your scheduled posts from the Social Media Marketing dashboard where you can also edit the timing.

Before you begin:

Scheduling a social post is available if you have upgraded your social media plan.

Scheduling a new social post

After you connect your social accounts and create your social post content, you can choose to schedule the post for a specific date and time.

To schedule a social post:

1. Go to Social Media Marketing in your site's dashboard.

2. Click More Actions and select an option from the drop-down:

Select media to publish

1. Select a file or click + Upload Media.

2. Click Select media at the bottom right.

3. Click Schedule for later under When do you want to publish?

4. Use the date picker to choose the day you want the post to be published.

5. Choose a time of day the post should be published.

   Note: Make sure to check the time zone. If it is incorrect, change it in your browser's settings.

6. Click Apply.

7. Click Schedule on the bottom right to schedule the post.

Create image with Wix

1. Choose a template and customize it.

2. Click Publish at the top right.

3. Click Schedule for later under When do you want to publish?

4. Use the date picker to choose the day you want the post to be published.

5. Choose a time of day the post should be published.

   Note: Make sure to check the time zone. If it is incorrect, change it in your browser's settings.

6. Click Apply.

7. Click Schedule on the bottom right to schedule the post.

Create video with Vimeo

1. (If necessary) Choose between the Wix Video Maker or Vimeo.

2. Customize your video. When you're done, click Save & Share.

3. Click Share.

4. Click Schedule for later under When do you want to publish?

5. Use the date picker to choose the day you want the post to be published.

6. Choose a time of day the post should be published.

   Note: Make sure to check the time zone. If it is incorrect, change it in your browser's settings.

7. Click Apply.

8. Click Schedule at the bottom right to schedule the post.

Note:

You will see 'Scheduled' instead of 'Published' in the final publishing status.

Scheduling a draft post

Schedule your draft posts to go out at a time that best suits you and your audience.

To schedule a draft post:

1. Go to Social Media Marketing in your site's dashboard.

2. Click Your Social Posts tab.

3. Hover over the relevant draft post and click the More Actions icon

   

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4. Click Edit & Publish.

1. Click Schedule for later under When do you want to publish?

2. Use the date picker to choose the day you want the post to be published.

3. Choose a time of day the post should be published.

   Note: Make sure to check the time zone. If it is incorrect, change it in your browser's settings.

4. Click Apply.

5. Click Schedule on the bottom right to schedule the post.

Managing your scheduled posts

View all your scheduled posts from the Social Media Marketing dashboard. You can edit an existing post, reschedule it for another day, or delete the post.

To manage your scheduled posts:

1. Go to Social Media Marketing in your site's dashboard.

2. Click Your Social Posts tab.

3. Select Scheduled from the All statuses drop-down.

1. Click the More Actions icon

   

   next to the post you want to manage.

2. Manage your post using the following options:

Reschedule

1. Click Reschedule.

2. Choose a new date from the date picker when the post should be published.

3. Choose a time of day the post should be published.

   Note: Make sure to check the time zone. If it is incorrect, change it in your browser's settings.

4. Click Reschedule.

Edit & Publish

Publish your scheduled post right away.

1. Click Preview & Publish.

2. Click Publish now under When do you want to publish?.

3. Click Publish at the bottom right.

Cancel Scheduling

1. Click Cancel Scheduling.

2. Click Cancel Scheduling in the popup to confirm.

Note: Once you cancel, you can still view the post in both the 'Scheduled' and 'All' tabs.

Download

Click Download to save a copy of your post to your computer.

Delete

1. Click Delete.

2. Click Delete Content to confirm you want the post deleted from your Social Posts dashboard.

   Note: This does not delete the post from your social media platforms if you have previously published them.

This article is credited to the Wix team - https://support.wix.com/ and we thank them for that!