Publishes missed scheduled posts when WordPress Cron fails. Ideal for small to medium sites.
As of April 2026, MWW Scheduled Post Trigger is a WordPress missed posts plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 412K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 69% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Scheduled Posts Publisher.
When a visitor loads your site, this lightweight script checks to see if any scheduled posts have been missed. If so, it publishes them immediately.
It really works like I imagined it! Thank you guys! Well done!
If you notice any “Schedule Events are Late” sort of message from WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Site Health check, install this plug-in, then navigate to your home screen. That is all it takes to clear that error message and publish events.
Super plug-in.
jetpack_scan_refresh_states_event, is late to run
In sitehealth that issue was permanent and after installing and activated this puluggin, the issue dissapeared and got the final checkmark from sitehealth..
Very well!
Everything runs smoothly here.
Thanks!
I often set Posts to publish at midnight, so they occasionally get missed.
This plugin is a superb solution, kudos to the developer it works with perfectly with no effort needed after installing.
Really though WordPress should handle this without an extra plugin.
My scheduled posts were blocked after trying the “Auto Post Scheduler” plugin. I uninstalled the plugin “Auto Post Scheduler” but my planned publications remained unpublished. I was very happy to find the “Scheduled Post Trigger” plugin to solve my problem. Thank you so much.
| WordPress | 4.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Changed description & added FAQ. Tested to WP 6.9.4
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