Why a post hasn't gone out yet

A queued post waits for posting hours, the gap since the last post, daily caps, a paused switch or a product for you to pick, and is checked every 5 minutes.

A post you scheduled or that EverySqueeze queued automatically shows a reason it's waiting, right on its card. The poller that releases queued posts runs every 5 minutes, so a post that clears everything below goes out within a few minutes of becoming eligible.

Check these in order

1. Posting hours. A post can't go out outside your saved posting window. If the reason mentions your posting hours, it releases once the window opens — see Posting hours. A first post that is planned a few hours after your hours open is not waiting for anything: the day's posts are spread evenly, so the first one is never at the minute the window opens (the same article explains it). To have new videos go out at the first open time instead, see When new videos post.
2. Spacing. Posts on the same platform go out at least 45 minutes apart, or further apart if you set Space posts at least; if the platform posted recently, the post waits for its planned time (a post you sent yourself with Post now or Composer never holds it back) — see Spacing between posts.
3. Daily limit. Every post on a platform counts toward its posts-per-day limit (YouTube at most its per-account upload limit; new accounts start at YouTube 5, Facebook 5, Instagram 5, Pinterest 2; an older account keeps 4 unless it changed it; 10 at most unless you confirmed more). If today's is used up, the post waits until the day rolls over in your saved time zone — see Daily limits.
4. Automatic posting is paused. If Settings → Posting schedule is set to Pause automatic posting, the post waits for you to post it yourself or for you to resume — see The automatic posting switch.
5. Waiting for a product. With Careful chosen under When we’re not sure of the product (Settings → Posting schedule), an automatic post whose Amazon product EverySqueeze isn't sure of waits for your OK on the match (or your pick), so it never goes out without your link (a sure match posts with the link on its own). This includes Instagram, even with Auto DM off. With Give me time to check it waits 12 or 24 hours, then posts with our best match; with Always link a new video's Facebook post or pin can wait up to 2 hours first. Click Confirm product on the post in Schedule (or Pick product), or use Confirm products in Composer — see When EverySqueeze asks before it posts. A post whose brand you set to wait for your own link waits in every mode until you add it: press Add my link on the post (see Use your own link).
6. Waiting for the HD version (up to 1 hour). A brand-new video waits for TikTok's 1080p version, at most until it is an hour old; a post waiting for its product waits for that first — see Why a queued post is waiting.
7. In line behind earlier posts. Even with nothing blocking it, a post only releases in order behind other posts waiting on the same platform.
8. Auto-post is off for that platform. An automatic post queued before you switched auto-post off waits for your choice: Post anyway or Cancel — see Automatic posts waiting because auto-post is off.
9. Trying again after a failed try. A try that failed for a passing reason is retried after 5 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 2 hours; the post says which try it was and when the next one is — see Failed posts.
10. The account is paused. An account with no active plan is paused: nothing posts and the post is kept. It shows Paused, and it goes out at its next turn once the plan is active again — see Why a queued post is waiting.
11. Waiting for you to pick the product. A new video's Facebook post or pin whose product we weren't sure of waits two hours for your pick. The row says Waiting for you to pick the product and when it posts without a link, with a Pick the product button, and the bell shows a notice — see Why a queued post is waiting.

A post that moved

A post you set a time for keeps it, unless that time can't work when it comes due: outside your posting hours, on a day already at its daily limit, or after a YouTube daily upload limit. Then EverySqueeze moves it to the next open slot (spread evenly with your other posts, in the same order) and tells you on the post, in the bell and with a phone notification: Moved from … to … because …. For YouTube the note says whose limit it was: EverySqueeze’s shared daily YouTube upload limit was reached (or YouTube’s shared daily upload limit for EverySqueeze was reached) is the limit every EverySqueeze creator shares, not your own; this account’s daily YouTube upload allowance in EverySqueeze was used up is your own; YouTube says this channel reached its daily upload limit is your channel's own YouTube limit. See YouTube daily upload allowance used up. Press OK on the note once you've seen it.

A time that keeps creeping later

First read the reason on the post. If it names your posting hours, spacing or daily limit, or the post has a Moved from … to … because … note, that is what's holding it: see the list above. If it names none of them and the time keeps slipping a few minutes at a time, nothing in your settings is holding it: it is waiting its turn behind other posts. Changing your posting hours, spacing or posts per day won't help then, so leave them as they are. If it is still waiting more than about half an hour after its time, use Report a problem so it can be looked at directly.

Still stuck?

If a post has been waiting well beyond what its reason explains, use Report a problem (in Pip's menu or the Help button) so it can be looked at directly.