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MWW Scheduled Post Trigger

Name: MWW Scheduled Post Trigger
Rating: 4.8 (27 reviews)
Author: Jennifer Moss

⤓ Download v3.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Jennifer Mossupdated 2026-03-26🌟The Rising Star

A tiny patch for a very annoying WordPress scheduling headache.

HealthyGrowing

80/100

It fixes missed posts for most users. Some reports mention conflicts with Jetpack.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'init', function () {
    $missed = get_posts( [
        'post_status'    => 'future',
        'date_query'     => [ [ 'column' => 'post_date', 'before' => 'now' ] ],
        'posts_per_page' => -1,
        'fields'         => 'ids',
    ] );

    foreach ( $missed as $post_id ) {
        wp_publish_post( $post_id );
    }
} );

Keep in mind:This runs on every front-end request; consider wrapping it in a transient lock to limit database queries on high-traffic sites.

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Active installs

~75,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+

→ on track for 80k+in ~3 weeks

Rating

4.4★

27 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+275%

Growing fast

106 → 398 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +275% in the last year

106/day a year ago→398/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

MWW Scheduled Post Trigger is a well-regarded, lightweight fix for WordPress's native scheduled post failures, though a small number of users report it either not working at all or conflicting with other plugins like Jetpack.

What people like

+Reliably fixes missed or late scheduled posts that WordPress fails to publish on its own×6
+Clears Site Health 'Scheduled Events are Late' errors after installation×3
+Works with no configuration needed after activation×2
+Resolves scheduling issues even in complex server environments (Cloudflare, caching, bad server time)

Common complaints

−Reported to not work at all for some users, with scheduled posts remaining stuck in 'Scheduled' status×2
−Reported conflict with Jetpack Publicize, causing it to stop working when the plugin is active
−Support responsiveness raised as a concern by at least one user managing multiple sites

Review trustMostly organic

4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
33%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

Not enough review history.

All-time ratings · 27 total

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Latest reviews · 27 analyzed

2023-03-30★★★★★Nice plugin khelian
2022-07-08★★★★★Works Perfectly!jeromyk
2021-12-26★★★★★solved my issue doradosystems
2021-01-03★★★★★Essential for me – but shouldn't be needed wordpressghoul
2020-05-06★★★★★The plugin saved my life. Great. Thank you.jpitance1-shot
2020-03-29★★★★★Shouldn't be needed but worked well scpassportrotary
2019-11-30★★★★★The Plugin We Really Shouldn't Need Tim1-shot
2019-11-27★★★★★Worked like a charm!MD. Kamrul Hasan Khan
2019-11-09★★★★★Great Support!!quotester191-shot
2019-07-10★★★★★Tried, uninstalled alestagista1-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-03-26v3.3
2016-09-18v1.7

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

343

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

487

Prior 7-day baseline

274

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

265

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-29.6%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

85%

5★ share in analyzed sample

33%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.41 → 4.78★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered