You can find all your future posts in the Planned section of Posts.
But there are 2 distinct types of posts in Planned:
| Queued posts | Scheduled posts |
When it goes out | In the next open time slot in your Posting Plan | At the exact date and time you pick |
How to create it | "Add to Queue" in the Composer | "Schedule Post" in the Composer |
To post it again | Recycle it | Repeat it |
Lots of posts at once | Yes, with the bulk composer | No, one post at a time (except with spreadsheet upload) |
IMPORTANT: Queued and scheduled posts are separate posting types. Once a post is added to Planned, you can’t switch it from queued to scheduled or vice versa. Choose "Add to Queue" or "Schedule Post" in the Composer based on how you want the post to publish.
To see only one posting type, click the filter icon in the search box and choose a "Filter by Post type" option:
All (Queued + Scheduled)
Queued (All)
Queued (Bucket Posts) — queued posts in your Buckets
Queued (No Bucket) — queued posts that aren't in a Bucket
Queued (Pending) — queued posts that don't have a time slot in your Posting Plan yet
Scheduled
📥 Queued posts
Queued posts are posts that are queued up and published according to your Posting Plan, which you create and manage in Post Planner.
For queued posts, you don't choose an exact publishing time/date when creating the post. You just compose the post and click "Add to Queue". Choose "Top of Queue" to publish it next, or "Bottom of Queue" to publish it after your other queued posts.
The post is then queued up in the next available time slot where it is allowed.
You can see your queued posts (without scheduled posts) in Planned > Queued (All).
IMPORTANT:
All bucket posts are queued posts
When you want a queued post to repeat, you set it to recycle, not repeat
📅 Scheduled posts
You use scheduled posts when you want to publish a post at a specific time on a specific day in the future.
For example, if you want to publish a post on Cinco de Mayo, you can schedule the post to publish at exactly 9am on May 5.
To schedule a post in the Composer:
Click the arrow next to "Add to Queue" and choose "Schedule Post"
Under "Set posting time & date", choose the date and time (and, if you want, how often to repeat it under "Repeat every")
Click "Schedule"
Scheduled posts go out in your time zone. You can change it in Settings > Account.
Scheduled posts operate completely independently from the queue system and your Posting Plan and queued posts:
Changes you make to queued posts do not affect scheduled posts
Changes you make to scheduled posts do not affect queued posts
You can see your scheduled posts (without queued posts) in Planned > Scheduled.
IMPORTANT:
When you want a scheduled post to repeat, you set it to repeat, not recycle
You schedule posts one at a time. To add lots of posts at once, queue them with the bulk composer
❓ Do queued and scheduled posts count toward my plan's limit?
Yes. Both count toward your plan's "Scheduled posts" limit: the most future posts you can have planned at one time. See What are the differences between plans?