Post Dripper

MainWP Post Dripper Extension allows you to deliver posts or pages to your network of sites over a pre-scheduled period of time.

What You’ll Learn

• Understanding how post dripping works
• Creating drip sessions for posts and pages
• Canceling active drip sessions
• Using Post Dripper with Boilerplate content

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Extension Add-on - This add-on provides standalone functionality within MainWP Dashboard. No third-party plugins required.

MainWP Post Dripper Extension allows you to deliver posts or pages to your child sites over a pre-scheduled period of time. The Extension allows you to drip:

• Posts
• Pages
• Boilerplate Posts (only if the Boilerplate Extension is installed and activated)
• Boilerplate Pages (only if the Boilerplate Extension is installed and activated)

How it Works

Post Dripper Extension allows you to set how many selected sites receive the content at each interval. The Extension will post to all selected child sites. Once the Post/Page is published on all selected sites, the drip session ends. It will never publish the same content to one child site multiple times.

Example 1

Publish this post to 1 site every 1 day (20 child sites selected)

• Day 1: the article gets published on one selected child site
• Day 2: the article gets published on another selected child site
• Day 3: the article gets published on another selected child site
• …
• Day 20: the article gets published on the final selected child site

Example 2

Publish this post to 3 sites every 2 days (20 child sites selected)

• Day 1: the article gets published on 3 selected child sites
• Day 2: nothing gets published
• Day 3: the article gets published on another 3 selected child sites
• Day 4: nothing gets published
• Day 5: the article gets published on another 3 selected child sites
• Day 6: nothing gets published
• …
• Day 13: the article gets published on the final 2 selected child sites

Example 3

Publish this post to 5 sites every 1 week (20 child sites selected)

• Day 1: the article gets published on 5 selected child sites
• Day 2: nothing gets published
• Day 3: nothing gets published
• Day 4: nothing gets published
• Day 5: nothing gets published
• Day 6: nothing gets published
• Day 7: nothing gets published
• Day 8: the article gets published on another 5 selected child sites
• Day 9: nothing gets published
• Day 10: nothing gets published
• Day 11: nothing gets published
• Day 12: nothing gets published
• Day 13: nothing gets published
• Day 14: nothing gets published
• Day 15: the article gets published on another 5 selected child sites
• …
• Day 22: the article gets published on the final 5 selected child sites

Important Notes

Post Dripper runs through the mainwp_post_dripper_cronposting scheduled event. If you rely on WordPress cron, keep MainWP Dashboard > Settings > Advanced Settings > Use WP Cron enabled and make sure your MainWP Dashboard site receives regular cron triggers.

Cancel a Drip Session

Cancel Post Drip Session

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Post Dripper page
3. Open the Post Drips tab
4. Locate the session that you want to cancel
5. Click the Cancel Drip action

   Click the Cancel Drip action

Cancel Page Drip Session

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Post Dripper page
3. Open the Page Drips tab
4. Locate the session that you want to cancel
5. Click the Cancel Drip action

Create a Drip Session

Drip Posts

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Add New (Post) page
3. Set your post content and meta fields

   Set your post content and meta fields

4. Locate the Post Dripper section

   Locate the Post Dripper section

   1. Select the Use the post dripper option
   2. Set dripper preferences
5. Select your child sites

   Select your child sites

6. Click the Publish button

Drip Pages

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Add New (Page) page
3. Set your page content and meta fields

   Set your page content and meta fields

4. Locate the Post Dripper section

   Locate the Post Dripper section

   1. Select the Use the post dripper option
   2. Set dripper preferences
5. Select your child sites

   Select your child sites

6. Click the Publish button

Drip Boilerplate Posts

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts page
3. Click the Create New Boilerplate button
4. Set your boilerplate post content and meta fields

   Set your boilerplate post content and meta fields

5. Locate the Post Dripper section

   Locate the Post Dripper section

   1. Select the Use the post dripper option
   2. Set dripper preferences
6. Select your child sites

   Select your child sites

7. Click the Publish button

Drip Boilerplate Pages

1. Log in to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages page
3. Click the Create New Boilerplate button
4. Set your boilerplate page content and meta fields

   Set your boilerplate page content and meta fields

5. Locate the Post Dripper section

   Locate the Post Dripper section

   1. Select the Use the post dripper option
   2. Set dripper preferences
6. Select your child sites

   Select your child sites

7. Click the Publish button

Related Resources

• Posts/Pages Add-ons - Browse all content tools
• Boilerplate Extension - Create reusable content
• Manage Posts - Post management guide