Best Tools for Scheduling Social Media Posts: glossary
Definitions connect the language of tools for scheduling social media posts to concrete work: what gets drafted, approved, posted and measured.
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Defined terms
Content calendar
A dated plan of every post due to go out, with its platform, format and status.
Read definition →Batching & the calendarContent batching
Preparing a group of posts in a single session, so that each kind of work is done once for all of them.
Read definition →Times & the queuePublishing queue
Where approved posts wait, in order, until their publishing time; each one shows when and where it will go.
Read definition →Times & the queueScheduled post
A finished post that has been given a future date and time and is waiting to publish.
Read definition →Times & the queuePosting cadence
How often, and on which days and at which times, an account posts.
Read definition →Selection & fitNative scheduler
The scheduling feature inside a social platform's own posting tool.
Read definition →Changes & reviewOpen slot
A gap left in the week's schedule on purpose, for a post that cannot be planned ahead.
Read definition →Changes & reviewNeeds review
A status showing that a drafted post is held until someone reads and approves it.
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Best Tools for Scheduling Social Media Posts. “Best Tools for Scheduling Social Media Posts: glossary.” Linkme. Content reviewed 12 November 2026.
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