NOTE: If you’re making a new page or post, you can just click the Save Draft button to work on the post without making it live on the Internet.
Scenario: You would like to prepare a new version of a post or page while keeping the existing one as it is. Additionally, you may want to schedule the new version to go live in the future.
Solution:
- Open the post or page in question and ensure the settings panel is open.
- In the settings panel on the right side, click to the first tab which will be titled Post, Page, Calendar, Directory, or Product.
- Look for the heading Summary and find the link Rewrite & Republish below that.
- Click this link and you will be taken to a draft copy of the post. Additionally there will now be a new item in the backend posts list titled Rewrite & Republish of <your original post title>
- Once done working on your draft, you can click Republish to replace your original post, or schedule the republish.