I'd just like to report that my blog has been fixed
In the last 3 days, (while I was absent from updating/checking) a post that was scheduled and missed, then got published
http://60daysofpurpose.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/schedule-test/?preview=true

Today I have made a new post that was scheduled in future, and it too published on time (visited from another browser not logged into wordpress)
http://60daysofpurpose.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/twitter-test/?preview=true

Hope everyone else has scheduling working soon (and no further hiccups)

They are 'looking into it' according to
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/macmanx

At least it's not just me.

Scheduling is a must in my mind
A daily readership expect content at a consistent time. Why should the author/publisher be expected to sit on the posts page waiting to hit an instant publish

WordPress engineers, time to lift a finger....

It's a buggy function. It's easier just to wait to publish a post immediately than to schedule it and then worry about whether it went out, and then, if it hasn't, to attempt to reschedule it for a few minutes in the future.

I've been posting for almost a year now, and scheduling posts for at least the last 3 - 6 months. These past two weeks are the first misfires. Eventually I figured out how to reschedule for a few minutes from the time when I first discovered the problem. After rescheduling, I had a cup of coffee and waited. Each time the reschedule was successful. But it defeats the schedule function.

Any cause/solution in sight?

Thanks.

Ken
http://www.thegarumfactory.net

The explanation above that says it's "posted" once the first person accesses the website doesn't make sense to me. What if someone doesn't visit the blog for a while.. that post is never posted? Sometimes I have certain posts scheduled for specific times.. it can't be relied upon on whether someone will load the page to then activate the scheduled post.

Since I'm over 100, that causes the problem.

The only way to work around this is to put everything into drafts, then start scheduling close to publication.

Which is defies the whole concept of scheduling.

Besides, I'm not the only one scheduling months ahead (heck, "The Old New Thing" schedules about a year ahead).

#fail WordPress for both introducing this artificial limitation, and not announcing it.

Have you reported it to staff via your dashboard Help button?

I have tried logging on to the site to see if "Scheduled posts are currently only triggered to publish when the first person visits the blog after the scheduled time."

But that didn't work.

Each day the time comes/goes and my post remain unpublished. When i manually change them, they go up. but, this defeats the purpose of settign up the schedule.

This has been very frustrating, and i hope someone has a solution soon.

thanks for your time,
-blaine

If your post is still listed as Missed Schedule (not published), would you please tell me what the title of the post is?

Thanks! It's actually posted now.. I manually changed the "schedule" date to the current time at that moment.. Otherwise, it would have been this one --> http://wp.me/pAblM-Uz

Scheduled posts are currently only triggered to publish when the first person visits the blog after the scheduled time.

It's bizarre though because I did "access" the blog (albeit via iPad) and had noticed it wasn't published yet.. I guess it's whenever it's visited on an actual browser.

Thanks all!

Scheduled posts are currently only triggered to publish when the first person visits the blog after the scheduled time.

For now, think of it as "schedule after this time." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/scheduled-posts-dont-post?replies=6#post-659030

I actually contacted wordpress about this, but they told me they didn't understand my problem

Just wondering what makes a post miss a scheduled time?