What Is Offset Post in WordPress?

When you create a post in WordPress, you have the option to add an “offset” to the post’s published date. This offset lets you publish your post a few hours earlier or later than the actual date the post was actually published.

The offset is useful if you want to publish a post early for a contest or if you need to post a story before its actual publication date. WordPress sets the offset automatically based on the time of day the post is published.

Offset posts are stored in your WordPress blog’s “drafts” folder, and you can view, edit, and publish them just like any other post. You can also add an offset to a post’s published date if you want to publish it early for a contest, but you won’t be able to edit or publish it until the contest deadline.

WordPress automatically sets the offset for posts based on the time of day they’re published, but you can also set the offset yourself.

When you publish a post with an offset, WordPress sets the published date to the current date plus the offset amount. For example, if you publish a post with an offset of two hours, the published date will be two hours from the current date, and not the actual date the post was published.

WordPress always creates a post with an offset of zero hours, which is the published date as defined in your WordPress blog’s settings. This means that all posts are published at the same time, no matter what the offset is.

The offset is stored in the post’s “drafts” folder, and you can view, edit, and publish it just like any other post.

You can also add an offset to a post’s published date if you want to publish it early for a contest, but you won’t be able to edit or publish it until the contest deadline.