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# Create Content Publication Schedules in Salesforce CMS

Publish and unpublish Salesforce CMS content at designated dates and times.

### Required Editions

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With content publication schedules, you can manage the content lifecycle without manually publishing and unpublishing each piece of content. When the schedule completes successfully, the published content replaces its last published version. If this content is on your site, the updated version appears on the site immediately. Unpublished content is removed from your live site and from all content that references it.

Creating a content publication schedule in a CMS workspace is different from creating one in an enhanced CMS workspace.

1. Open the Digital Experiences app (previously named Salesforce CMS) from the App Launcher in Lightning Experience.
2. In the CMS workspace where the content was created, click the title of the content you want to schedule.
3. To work with publication schedules in a CMS workspace, follow these steps.
    1. To make sure that you’re viewing the correct version of your content, refer to the Version History card.
    2. To create a publication schedule for unpublished content, click **Schedule Publish**. To create a publication schedule for published content to unpublish from your site, click **Schedule Unpublish**.
    3. Enter a date, time, and time zone.
    4. You can include other content that’s referenced by the item you’re scheduling, such as an image in a news piece, in the content publication schedule. To include referenced content, select **Publish referenced content**.
        
        If other unpublished content references the content you’re creating a schedule for, make sure to publish it, too, because only published content appears on your site.
        
        Likewise, if you want to unpublish content that's referenced by content in a publication schedule, you must create a separate publication schedule to unpublish the referenced content.
    5. When you schedule content for publication, you also have the option to create an auto-unpublish schedule for that content. To create an auto-unpublish schedule or expiration for content in the publication schedule for publish, enable **Auto unpublish**. Then enter a date, time, and time zone.
    6. To confirm and create the publication schedule, click **Schedule**.
    7. To view the content schedule status, refresh the tab. On the workspace title tab or the content tab, click **![workspace tab dropdown arrow](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-communities_managed_content-264-0-0-production-enus/8b149fc1-875c-4018-8e9e-2843a2196457/communities_managed_content/images/cms_workspacetab_downarrow.png)** | **Refresh Tab**. Then click **Publication Activity**.
4. To work with publication schedules in an enhanced workspace, follow these steps.
    1. Open the content.
    2. Click **Publish** or **Unpublish**.
    3. Select translations and, if applicable, related content to include in the schedule.
    4. Enter a date, time, and time zone.
    5. If you’re creating a schedule to publish content, and you also want to create a schedule to unpublish the content, select **Schedule Unpublish**, and enter a date and time.
    6. Click **Schedule**.

- **[Work with Content Publication Schedules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.cms_schedule_working.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Content admins and content managers can manage publication schedules and statuses for the entire CMS workspace with the Publication Calendar. From the Publication Calendar, you can manage all scheduled content for the CMS workspace in one location. Or you can manage schedules for a content item on the Publication Activity tab of its content detail page. When you create and edit publication schedules, keep these considerations in mind.
- **[Edit Content Publication Schedules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.cms_schedule_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    View, edit, and delete publication schedules in a CMS workspace.