Answer couldn’t be simpler. As pointed out by Otto at the wp-hackers list, problem was me not setting post_date_gmt when using wp_update_post(). Final code looks like this: if ( $post_date < strtotime( “tomorrow” ) ) { $status=”publish”; $newpostdata[‘post_status’] = $status; $newpostdata[‘post_date’] = date( ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, $post_date ); // Also pass ‘post_date_gmt’ so that WP plays … Read more
You can create your own meta box with a checkbox and only select posts that where checked: Add metabox code /* Define the custom box */ add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘my_slider_add_custom_box’ ); /* Do something with the data entered */ add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘my_slider_save_postdata’ ); /* Adds a box to the main column on the Post and Page … Read more
register_post_status is used for creating a custom post status. The protected argument, if true, specifies that a user must be logged in and have edit permissions on the post to view (preview) it. For example, you said that the “draft” post status has protected set to true. This means that you can only view (preview) … Read more
I found this plugin called EditFlow that says it allows you to add custom statuses. Apparently it’s designed for use in a newsroom. (FYI, I searched the WordPress plugins directory for “custom post status.”)