Medium Publishing Planner - Feed Checker – update available
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Version 1.2.3 fixes a minor wording issue in the time remaining display for the next allowed publication slot. This is a small polish update, but recommended for accuracy and clarity. Log in to your Gumroad account to download the update.

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Fixed an edge-case where the time remaining display showed “1 minutes” instead of “1 minute”, and improved rounding logic for the final minute.

Enter your Medium Username (with or without @). I’ll pull your RSS feed, show the last ten stories, and tell you when Medium will next let you publish based on your limit.

Medium Username

Limit (stories per rolling period)

Rolling Period (hours)

Time Format

12-hour (1:30 PM) 24-hour (13:30)

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Instructions

The Medium Publishing Planner - Feed Checker:

• retrieves the Medium RSS feed for your account
• shows up to ten of your most recently published stories
• displays whether you may post again now (based on Medium's limits on how many stories you may post within a 24-hour rolling windows) or when you may next post a story again

To use this tool:

1. Enter your Medium Username (with or without the @ at the beginning) in the Medium Username box. (Note that it will remember what you entered previously via a cookie.)
2. Select how many stories you may publish per period. It will default to the current limit of 2, as defined by Medium, but you can change this if you want. (It will also remember what you entered previously via a cookie.)
3. Select the rolling period to which the story limit applies. It will default to the current limit of 24 hours, as defined by Medium, but you can change this if you want. (It will also remember what you entered previously via a cookie.)
4. Select your preferred time format - 12-hour (which is the default) or 24-hour. (It will also remember what you selected previously via a cookie.)
5. Click the Check Feed button.

After a short while, and assuming the information you entered is valid, it will display:

• a Feed Summary, showing your current local time, what the Medium publishing limit is (based on the information you entered), how many stories you have published during the defined rolling period, and whether you may publish again now or not. If you can, it will also show you a message saying that if you publish now, you won't be able to publish another until the displayed date and time. And if you can't, it will show you when you may publish next; below that, there will be a link to add an event to Google Calendar where you can set a reminder to be notified when that time is reached.
• a list of your most recent stories, up to a limit of ten. Each entry will show a thumbnail of the cover image (which you can click to see the full image in a new browser tab), the title and subtitle of the story (with the title being clickable), when it was published (both in UTC and your local time), the tags you used, and the GUID for the story (which is Medium's internal permalink that will never change even if, for example, you change the article title)
• displays whether you may post again now (based on Medium's limits on how many stories you may post within a 24-hour rolling windows) or when you may next post a story again

Note: Medium’s RSS feed does not always include “featured stories”. These posts appear on your profile but do not appear in your RSS feed, so they cannot be counted by the tool. If your recent story count seems lower than expected, this is usually the reason.

Updates: From time to time this tool may be updated if Medium changes how their feeds work or adjust publishing limits, if bugs are fixed, or if new features are added. If a new version is available, you should see an information box at the top of the page, with instructions. Otherwise, you can always log into your Gumroad account and check there.

Support: If you have questions, please contact me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Disclaimer: This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Medium. It uses Medium's publicly available RSS feeds and makes a best-effort calculation based on the data returned. Always refer to Medium's own guidance if in doubt.