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Back to the Future

Allow you show Future or Scheduled Post on Single Posts.

By Valerio Souza·Future Post·Free
5(1 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Back to the Future is a WordPress future post plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 1.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Show Future Posts on Single Post.

5/51 reviews
20active installs
2.1K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

  • Displays future/scheduled posts on single.php(Single Post Template)
  • Displays future/scheduled posts using shortcode
  • Enables comments for future/scheduled posts

For Developers

On your template, just simply add the string ‘post_status=future’ to your WP_Query

Example: WP_Query(‘post_status=future’);

$args = array(  'post_type' => 'post_type', 
                'posts_per_page' => '-99',
                'post_status' => array( 'publish', 'future' )
            );

            $loop = new WP_Query( $args );

            while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); 

Read More in https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query/

This displays all future and published posts.

License

Back to the Future is free software: you can redistribute it…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress1.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0 – 29/01/2015

  • Initial Release.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Valerio SouzaValerio SouzaAlias ComunicacaoAlias Comunicacao
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Feb 5, 2015
WP Requires
1.5+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
2.1K+
Added
Feb 5, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

future postfuture showsschedule postfuture post typeschedule post type

Developer

V
Valerio Souza
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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