Title: The Future Is Now
Author: xjlin0
Published: <strong>17. december, 2007</strong>
Last modified: 8. februar, 2026

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# The Future Is Now

 Af [xjlin0](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xjlin0/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-future-is-now.3.3.8.zip)

 * [Detaljer](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/#description)
 * [Vurderinger](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/#installation)
 * [Udvikling](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-future-is-now/)

## Beskrivelse

A WordPress plugin aimed primarily at events sites, where you want to be able to
timestamp posts in the future but have them appear immediately (by default, WordPress
will not display a future timestamped post until its go-live date rolls around).
Without changing database, this plugin sets the post_status field to “publish” rather
than “future” when publishing a post, even if its timestamp is in the future.

Note: This 2.0 version requires WordPress 3.5 or higher. If you need this to work
with versions lower than 3.5, grab the 1.0 version from svn: https://plugins.svn.
wordpress.org/the-future-is-now/tags/1.0/

### Note

This seemingly simple plugin was graciously written by the magical Ryan Boren when
I was facing a deadline. He doesn’t have time to maintain/host it, so I agreed to.
Andrew Nacin tweaked it to work with WP 3.5, when the APIs changed a bit. Jack updated
the plugin for WordPress 6.8.

## Skærmbilleder

[⌊Plugin settings page.⌉⌊Plugin settings page.⌉[

Plugin settings page.

## Installation

e.g.

 1. Upload `the-future-is-now.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Check the post type or the widget of your choice in Settings -> Future is Now
 4. Create a new post of your chosen post type with a timestamp in the future and notice
    that it appears on your site anyway.

## FAQ

Q: What should be done after updating to v3.0 or later?
 A: Please re-activate the
plugin, and set the post type in the Settings -> Future is Now.

## Anmeldelser

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/75134204f23d1efab7132b632225fcb8b5170bdc4da6c7303a7c6f0286fe89da?
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### 󠀁[Update please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-please-45/)󠁿

 [baritono](https://profiles.wordpress.org/baritono/) 27. maj, 2026 1 svar

don't work, update please

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Browken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browken/)󠁿

 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rpb1001/) 25. februar, 2023

I've been using this for years and it was great for my purposes, but agree that 
now using gutenberg editor, posts are marked future, so the plugin is no longer 
working.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2ddb1e941252ba3b8df5b34cbc8734726456f70726acaafb5a76b24c50b1aff1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-674/)󠁿

 [7am](https://profiles.wordpress.org/7am/) 29. november, 2021

I liked this plugin. But it seems not working any longer. Too bad.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/528060a9fdcb966fb02f2e589758d86781a99d46609cf8d00ba2c2c4dd5830be?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[it does what it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-what-it-says-70/)󠁿

 [mariken](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mariken/) 24. februar, 2020

If you just need a simple and light-weight solution for your events, this is the
way to go. If your theme or page-builder does not give you the option to change 
the order of the future posts/events, do add 'reorder post' plugin, and you might
also need 'exclude from blog'.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e375f8b274badb1c1c5d360299feaba06ec1658a48a3fe983d77ca149b93b15c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[A small and useful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-small-and-useful-plugin/)󠁿

 [certainlyakey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/certainlyakey/) 18. januar, 2018

Does what it says without much trouble or overhead.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e19d3fe4d8fbc5a20a3b0e6bc3aa5cdaebdd6c79b91cbbd6d0ab63af13b1021?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[awesome little plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-little-plugin-5/)󠁿

 [Jakob Helmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakobuz/) 30. januar, 2024

<!– wp:paragraph –> <p class="">still works! even after 10 years! really happy with
that, because our site is less or more depending on this small plugin …</p> <!– /
wp:paragraph –>

 [ Læs alle 14 anmeldelser ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-future-is-now/reviews/)

## Bidragsydere & udviklere

“The Future Is Now” er open source-software. Følgende personer har bidraget til 
dette plugin.

Bidragsydere

 *   [ xjlin0 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xjlin0/)
 *   [ shacker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shacker/)
 *   [ rboren ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rboren/)
 *   [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)

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### Interesseret i udvikling?

[Gennemse koden](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-future-is-now/),
tjek [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/the-future-is-now/), eller
abonner på [udviklerloggen](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-future-is-now/)
via [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-future-is-now/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Ændringslog

#### 3.3.8

 * add support for Lissa’s Newsletter plugin (legacy with email-create) to include
   future posts.

#### 3.3.7

 * add support for Lissa’s Newsletter plugin (legacy themes preview) to show future
   posts.

#### 3.3.6

 * Enable toggling of future posts display under /category/category-name by settings.
   Also adding a workaround for Lissa’s Newsletter plugin to show future posts in
   its latest posts block by changing filters in its newsletter_emails_composer 
   admin page.

#### 3.3.5

 * add back the query for shortcode ultimate plugin.

#### 3.3.4

 * add back single future post (by post id) visibility for visitors

#### 3.3.3

 * add back the display for future tribe_events

#### 3.3.2

 * add back the future post (by permalink) visibility for visitors, and update screenshots

#### 3.3.1

 * resolve svn test structure, no user function changes

#### 3.3.0

 * Fix the recursive bug when upgrading from 3.2.3.
 * Add simple tests

#### 3.2.4

 * Add an option to toggle future post in calendar widget

#### 3.2.3

 * Fix the display for un-loggged in users.

#### 3.2.2

 * Add options to limit displaying future months in Archive Widget
 * Fix display of single post premalink including media files.

#### 3.2.1

 * Add activation transient message so that admins can enter settings page upon 
   activation.
 * Enable settings for post post_type and show future as published in admin as default.
 * Exclude attachment post type.

#### 3.2

 * Fix Recent Posts and Archive widget so now they also show future posts.
 * Fix the custome query generated by other plugin such as Shortcodes Ultimate or
   List Category Posts.
 * Provide a setting to display future post as “Published” in admin page of Post
   list.

#### 3.1

 * support future dated posts/events created by The Event Calendar plugin.

#### 3.0.2

 * Update readme.

#### 3.0.1

 * Add screenshots.

#### 3.0

 * Updated for latest WordPress 6.8.

#### 2.1

 * Adding xjlin0 as a contributor.

#### 2.0

 * Rewritten to be compatible with WordPress 3.5 and above

#### 1.0

 * Original version, compatible up to WordPress versions lower than 3.5

## Meta

 *  Version **3.3.8**
 *  Senest opdateret **8 måneder siden**
 *  Aktive installationer **1.000+**
 *  WordPress-version ** 5.6 eller højere **
 *  Testet op til **6.9.10**
 *  Sprog
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/)
 * Tags
 * [events](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/events/)[Future](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/future/)
   [posts](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[time](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/)
 *  [Avanceret visning](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/the-future-is-now/advanced/)

## Bedømmelser

 4.7 ud af 5 stjerner.

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 *  [  0 3-stjernet anmeldelser     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-future-is-now/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-stjernet anmeldelser     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-future-is-now/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-stjernet anmeldelse     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-future-is-now/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Bidragsydere

 *   [ xjlin0 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xjlin0/)
 *   [ shacker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shacker/)
 *   [ rboren ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rboren/)
 *   [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)

## Support

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