Step 4 Scheduling

Step 4 of the Campaign Wizard configures when your discount campaign runs. Run it once for a set period, or put it on a schedule so it repeats on certain days, times, or dates automatically.

Quick Duration Setup: Schedule Templates #

The Quick Duration Setup card offers five one-click templates that configure the whole schedule instantly:

Template	Schedule	Use Case
Flash Sale	Once, 24 hours	Limited-time urgent promotions
Weekend Special	Every Fri, Sat & Sun, all day, forever	Standing weekend promotion
Weekdays	Every Mon–Fri, all day, forever	Business-week promotions
Daily Happy Hour	Every day, 4–6 PM, forever	Daily time-window deals
First of the Month	The 1st of each month, all day, forever	Monthly payday promotions

Applying a template fills in every schedule control; you can adjust anything afterwards.

Campaign Start #

Start Immediately #

Campaign becomes active as soon as you launch it.

• Perfect for urgent promotions
• Discounts appear immediately on your store
• No start date needed

Scheduled Start #

Campaign activates at a specific date and time.

• Ideal for planned promotions
• Set exact start date and time
• Campaign stays in “scheduled” status until start time

Timezone #

All dates and times use your WordPress site timezone, shown in the timezone indicator for reference.

How Should This Discount Run? #

Two cards choose the schedule type:

Once #

Runs non-stop for a set period. Configure:

• End date & time: Campaign stops at this moment
• No end date: Campaign runs permanently until manually stopped

On a Schedule #

Runs only on certain days or at certain times. Three questions appear:

Question	Choices
Active on	Every day · Certain weekdays (Mon–Sun chips) · Days of the month (1–31 grid plus a “Last day” chip)
Time of day	All day · Specific hours (From/To times — overnight windows like 10 PM–2 AM are supported and get a “spans midnight” badge)
Keep running	Forever (genuinely never stops) · Until a date

For full details — month-day edge cases, overnight windows, daylight saving behavior, and examples — see the Recurring Campaigns documentation.

Schedule Preview #

Below the controls, the wizard shows an honest preview computed by the same logic the discount engine uses:

• Plain-English sentence: e.g. “Active every Monday & Tuesday, all day — ongoing”
• Next run dates: the next five real dates the schedule will be active, in your store’s timezone

What the preview shows is exactly what runs — there is no separate preview model.

Built-In Guarding #

The wizard prevents impossible schedules as you build them:

• Options that could never fire within your campaign period are disabled, each with a one-line reason (e.g. a 3-day campaign can’t use “Days of the month”)
• Weekday or month-day chips that never occur inside a bounded period are greyed out
• A schedule that would never run cannot be saved
• Redundant setups get a hint — “Every day” + “All day” suggests switching to Once; all seven weekdays selected suggests “Every day”

Validation Requirements #

To proceed to Step 5:

• If scheduled: start date must be valid
• If an end date is set: it must be after the start date
• If on a schedule: at least one weekday or month day must be selected (for those modes), and time-window From/To must both be set (for Specific hours)
• The schedule must fire at least once within the campaign period

Scheduling Tips #

1. Start from a template: The five templates cover the most common schedules — apply one and fine-tune
2. Trust the preview: If the sentence and next dates look right, the schedule is right
3. Consider timezones: Remember customers may be in different timezones
4. Plan around events: Align with holidays, seasons, and shopping events
5. Use “Last day” for month-end: Day 31 only fires in 31-day months
6. Time of day: Consider when your customers shop most