How do I write a blog post now and have it go out later?

Yes. When you save a blog post, you choose when it goes out. Click Blog in the left menu under the Your Website heading.

When you save, you have three choices:

• Draft: unfinished, not shown to the public.
• Publish now: it goes live right away.
• Schedule: pick a date, and it goes out on its own that day.

This is handy when you want to write a few posts in one sitting and spread them out over weeks. Steady beats bursts, both for readers and for Google.

A scheduled post isn't locked. You can edit it or unschedule it any time before it goes out.

Why this matters

You can do your writing when you have a quiet hour, then let the posts drip out on their own. Your site keeps looking active without you at the keyboard every week.