The calendar

The calendar shows your content plan laid out day by day, so you always know what RankYak will write next. You may open it by clicking Calendar in the menu on the left. Each planned article appears as a card on its scheduled date, showing the keyword, its metrics, and how far along the article is.

Reading the calendar

Every card carries the keyword name, its search volume and keyword difficulty, and a status badge. Today's date is highlighted, and days that have passed are dimmed. The arrows at the top move between months, and the Today button returns you to the current one. When the month you are viewing has not been planned yet, a notice shows the date on which it will be filled automatically, typically about a week before the month begins.

Statuses

The badge on each card tells you where that article is in its lifecycle.

Some cards also carry a refresh or rewrite marker. Instead of writing a new article, these items update an existing one: a refresh corrects stale facts and outdated references, and a rewrite reworks an underperforming article with updated copy.

While an article is generating, the calendar updates on its own, so you may watch the status change without reloading the page.

The scheduled date

Typically, an article is written in the early morning of its scheduled date. If you have set a custom time of day in the schedule settings, the finished article lands around the time you chose.

Once generation completes, the card shows Generated. If your project has an integration connected and auto-publishing enabled, RankYak then publishes the article to your site and the card shows Published. Without an integration, articles simply remain in RankYak as Generated, and you may copy or publish them on your own terms.

Working with the calendar

Clicking a card that already has an article opens that article, where you may read it, edit it, or copy its content. Everything else is done directly on the calendar.

• Moving an item. Drag a card to another day to change its date. A card may be moved until its article is published, and it is locked while the article is generating. Days that have passed cannot receive items.
• Removing an item. Open the menu on a card and choose Remove from calendar. The keyword returns to your pool, so it stays available for future planning. An item can no longer be removed once its article is in production.
• Generating early. On a card that is still Planned, the same menu offers Generate article now, which writes the article right away instead of waiting for the scheduled date; see article generation for how on-demand generation behaves.

The keyword sidebar

The Keywords button at the top of the calendar opens a sidebar with the keywords available for planning. You may search it and filter it to All, Unwritten, or Written keywords, and each keyword shows its search volume and difficulty. Keywords that are already scheduled are managed on the calendar itself, so they do not appear in the list.

To schedule a keyword, drag it onto a day, or click the calendar icon next to it to place it on the first open day. Clicking the + on an empty upcoming day opens the sidebar as well. Scheduling a keyword this way is also how you change what is planned for a day.

Rebuilding the plan

Sometimes you may wish to rebuild the plan entirely, for example after changing your schedule. The Reschedule button in the Schedule section of the schedule settings clears every planned article that has not been started and generates a fresh plan from your current settings. Articles that have already been written or published are not affected.