When changing post date from future date to another future date, status being wrongly changed to "Publish on".

[tyxla]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new post, make it "Scheduled" for a future date.
2. Save the post.
3. Change the date to a different date in the future.
4. The status text is changed to "Publish on" (or "Published on" on older WordPress versions), while it should remain "Scheduled".

[tyxla]

Related ticket: #12751 - applies a similar fix (on the backend side), but for the "publish" post status.

[tyxla]

Fixing the issue by removing the unnecessary post status check.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #8368

[sdavis2702]

I'm having trouble replicating this, @tyxla.

The status text is changed to "Publish on" (or "Published on" on older WordPress versions), while it should remain "Scheduled".

Where should I be seeing the text change? I looked all around and don't see it. I'm on 4.4-alpha. A screenshot would be perfect. I'll test the patch but I need to replicate first. Thanks!

[tyxla]

@sdavis2702 Thanks for your interest!

I am still able to reproduce the issue.

In order to reproduce, in step 3, after changing the date to a different future date, click the "OK" button.

Then observe the text that appears before the date - it changes from "Scheduled for:" to "Published on:".

I'll attach a screenshot of the issue to help you locate it.

Also, the patch still applies cleanly and fixes the issue for me when I'm testing.

[tyxla]

Screenshot of the issue

[sdavis2702]

Ah! Good catch there. That was hard to notice. The patch works perfectly for me on 4.4-beta3-20151105.

[tyxla]

Great, thanks for testing :)

[joedolson]

Refreshed patch

[joedolson]

For such a small change, this has been lingering way too long! Patch looks good.

[joedolson]

Marking this as accessibility, as clarity and consistency of instructions is important for cognitive impairments.

In the classic editor, fix the publish status change text shown when a future post's date is changed to a different future date. Show 'scheduled' statement instead of 'publish' statement.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31040

[joedolson]

In 55561:

Editor: Show scheduled text when changing to new future dates.

In the classic editor, fix the publish status change text shown when a future post's date is changed to a different future date. Show 'scheduled' statement instead of 'publish' statement.

Props tyxla, sdavis2702, joedolson.
Fixes #31040.

Fixed in r55561