Scheduling, the Calendar and Suggested Times: How PostGP Plans Your Posts

Draft or schedule

A post is a draft until you give it an account and a time. A draft can be incomplete: you can save half a thought. Scheduling is stricter: PostGP needs a connected account, a time at least 30 seconds ahead, and a post that passes every limit for its platform.

If something fails at that point, you see the exact reason, such as “Post 3 is 291/280 characters”, and the post stays a draft.

The monthly calendar

The calendar shows the month's posts by day, with past posts and upcoming ones in the same view. Use the arrows to move between months, or Today to jump back.

• Click a post to open, edit or delete it.
• Drag a draft, scheduled or failed post to another day to reschedule it. Published posts stay where they are.
• Days in the past can't be drop targets, because a post can't be scheduled for the past.

How a post moves through statuses

Suggested times

When you ask PostGP for a time, it suggests slots rather than leaving you with a blank field. The suggestions are calculated, not random, and they follow a few rules:

• They fall inside a daytime window, between 8 am and 9 pm in your time zone.
• They start from three sensible defaults, around 9:00, 13:00 and 17:30, then shift toward the times you have actually posted at.
• They never land on a time that conflicts with something you already have scheduled.
• Minutes are nudged slightly, so you get 9:07 rather than a round 9:00. Posts that always go out on the dot look automated.

Suggestions are a starting point. If you know your audience is online at 7 am, type 7 am.

The one-post-every-four-hours rule

PostGP allows at most one published post per user every four hours, across all of your accounts. A new post is refused if another one sits within four hours of its time.

The reason is practical: bursts of posts are the pattern platforms read as spam, and they run into rate limits. Spacing posts also gives each one room to get seen. If you need to say more, a thread on X or a carousel on Instagram or Threads is one post, so it counts once.

Move or cancel a scheduled post

1. To change the time, drag it to another day on the calendar, or open it and pick a new time.
2. To pause it without losing it, move it back to drafts. It stops publishing and keeps its content.
3. To remove it, delete it. A post that is publishing at that moment can't be deleted.

Time zones

Times are shown in your local time zone and stored precisely, so a post scheduled for 9 am where you are goes out at 9 am where you are. When you ask an AI assistant to schedule something, include the time zone to avoid confusion.

Frequently asked questions

Why can't I schedule two posts at the same time?

PostGP spaces posts at least four hours apart for each user. Pick another time, or combine the content into a thread or carousel.

Can I schedule a post for the past?

No. A scheduled time has to be in the future.

What happens if I disconnect an account with scheduled posts?

Those posts won't publish. Reconnect the account or delete them.