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Managing your posts

How to use the Posts area in Wren — switch views, work with post statuses, schedule, publish, arm auto-publish, recover past-due posts, add a LinkedIn link, and use version history.

Everything you write lives in the Posts area (the "Posts" item in the navigation). It's where a post travels from idea to published.

Three ways to view your posts

You can see the same posts in three layouts. Table is the default; Calendar and Board are saved views you add with + New view (picking the Calendar or Board layout), then switch between from the view bar:

  • Table (the default) — a sortable, filterable list with columns for title, status, scheduled date, and more.
  • Calendar — a month grid showing posts on their scheduled (or published) day. Unscheduled posts sit in a sidebar; drag one onto a future date to schedule it.
  • Board — a kanban board with columns for New, Drafted, Scheduled, Past due, and Published. Drag a card between columns to change its status. Dragging into Scheduled prompts for a date if none is set, and dragging into Published opens the publish step rather than posting instantly.

Post statuses and how they change

Each post carries one status:

  • New — created but not yet drafted.
  • Draft — has content, not scheduled.
  • Scheduled — has a future date/time set.
  • Published — live on LinkedIn.
  • Past Due — its scheduled time passed but it never went live.

Statuses update as you work: set a date and the post becomes Scheduled; publish it (or mark it published) and it becomes Published. You can also change status directly from the status dropdown in a post's side panel, the inline Status cell, or by dragging on the board.

Scheduling a post

Open a post and click the Schedule button (or drag the card into the Scheduled column on the board). A dialog lets you pick a date and time and decide what happens when that moment arrives:

  • Publish automatically at this time — Wren posts to LinkedIn for you, no action needed. This option is available when LinkedIn is connected; if it isn't, Wren shows a prompt to connect first.
  • Just remind me on Telegram — Wren sends you a Telegram message when it's time; you publish with one click.

When LinkedIn is connected, auto-publish is the default selection. You can switch between the two options any time by reopening the Schedule dialog. If you want to remove a scheduled time entirely, open the dialog and click Remove schedule.

Publishing manually

Open the post and click Publish. Confirm in the "Publish to LinkedIn?" dialog and Wren posts it to your profile. You'll need your LinkedIn account connected first; if it isn't, the button reads Connect to publish and walks you through connecting, then brings you back to the post. The Publish button stays greyed out until the post has content. Note that Wren attaches only the first image on a post to LinkedIn — if a post has more than one image, auto-publish is blocked, so publish it manually.

Auto-publish: what to know

When a post is scheduled with auto-publish on, Wren publishes it at the scheduled time with no manual step. A few things worth knowing:

  • Wren makes one attempt at the scheduled time. If that attempt fails (for example, your LinkedIn connection expired), the post is flagged as Past Due and won't retry on its own — re-open the Schedule dialog to re-arm it, or publish manually.
  • Auto-publish needs your LinkedIn connection to stay valid. That connection expires periodically, so reconnect LinkedIn when Wren prompts you to keep unattended publishing working.

Recovering a Past Due post

A Past Due post means the scheduled time came and went without publishing. To fix it, either mark it Published (and paste the link) or reschedule it to a new time.

Adding the LinkedIn link (optional, unlocks analytics)

When you mark a post Published, Wren asks for the URL of the live LinkedIn post. This is optional — you can skip it and add it later — but the link is what lets Wren track that post's analytics. Until you add it, analytics won't be tracked.

Version history

As you edit, draft with AI, or revise through chat, Wren keeps a history. Open the post's editor and expand Version History to see each saved version with its timestamp and source (Manual, AI, or Chat). Click Revert on any entry to restore that version.

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