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Content Calendar Maker Plan a month of posts

Build a social media content calendar in your browser. Add posts to any day, color them by channel, track status from idea to published, drag to reschedule, then export to CSV or to Google Calendar and Outlook with an .ics file.

  • Free - no sign-up
  • Runs in your browser
  • CSV + ICS export
  • Printable
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Your calendar is empty. Press + on any day to add a post, or load a sample month to see how it works.

Drag a post to another day to move it. Keyboard: focus a post, press Enter to edit, Alt + Left/Right to move one day, Alt + Up/Down to move one week.

Press Enter to edit. Alt plus Left or Right arrow moves the post one day, Alt plus Up or Down moves it one week.

Fill the calendar

An empty grid is easy. Filling it every week is the job.

These AI skills plug into Claude, ChatGPT or any AI chat and help you decide what goes on the calendar, write the drafts and keep the schedule moving.

AI Skill Content Marketing Manager Plans themes and campaigns for the month, briefs each piece and reviews drafts before they go out. See the skill -> AI Skill Content Strategist Turns your audience and goals into content pillars, formats and a publishing rhythm you can keep. See the skill -> AI Skill AI Social Media Scheduler Helps you map posts to channels and time slots, and adapts one idea into posts for each platform. See the skill ->

What is a content calendar?

A content calendar is a schedule of what you will publish, where and when. Each entry is one piece of content: a blog post, an Instagram reel, a LinkedIn update, a newsletter issue. Seeing a whole month on one screen shows you the gaps, the busy weeks and the channels you keep forgetting, long before a deadline is missed.

This free content calendar maker gives you that view without a spreadsheet or a paid planning app. You add posts to days, color them by channel, mark how far along each one is, and move them around until the month looks right. When the plan is ready you can print it, share it as a CSV file, or add every post to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook with one .ics file.

How to use the content calendar maker

  1. Set up your channels. Eight common channels are ready: Blog, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Email and Newsletter. Rename them, change the colors or add your own, such as Podcast or Pinterest.
  2. Add posts. Press + on any day, or use Add post. Give each post a title, a channel and a status. Time, owner, notes and a link are optional.
  3. Reschedule. Drag a post to another day. On a phone or with a keyboard, open the post and change its date, use the -1 day and +1 day buttons, or press Alt and an arrow key on a focused post.
  4. Filter. Click a channel or a status above the grid to hide it. Showing only Ideas, for example, gives you a quick backlog review.
  5. Export. Download an .ics file for your calendar app, a CSV for a spreadsheet, or print the month.

Your work is saved automatically in this browser, so you can close the tab and come back later. If your browser blocks storage, the tool still works; export a CSV before you leave so you keep your plan.

What to put in a social media content calendar

Keep each entry small enough that anyone on the team can act on it:

  • Date and time - when it goes live. Leave the time empty for all-day items like a blog post.
  • Title - a working headline or hook, not just "post".
  • Channel - one entry per channel. If the same idea goes to three platforms, duplicate it and adapt each copy.
  • Status - Idea, Draft, Scheduled or Published. The status labels make it obvious which posts still need work this week.
  • Owner - one name per post, so nothing waits for "someone".
  • Notes and link - the brief, caption draft, asset folder or the live URL after publishing.

Stuck on what to post? The AI content plan generator writes a list of topics and angles for your niche, which you can then place on this calendar. When a post is close to ready, the free caption and hashtag generator helps with the copy.

Content calendar vs editorial calendar

The terms overlap. An editorial calendar usually covers long-form work: articles, guides, newsletters and videos, with research and review steps. A social media content calendar is busier and shorter-lived, with several posts a day across platforms. Many teams keep both in one place, which is why this tool lets you mix channels and filter them. If you also need to plan the production steps behind a big launch, a timeline view in the Gantt chart maker works better for tasks that span many days.

Use it as a free content calendar template

The CSV export is a ready content calendar template with the columns date, time, title, channel, status, owner, notes, link. Open it in Google Sheets, Excel or Numbers, edit it there, and import it back. Import accepts commas or semicolons (the default in many European versions of Excel), columns in any order, and dates written as 2026-10-05 or 10/5/2026. Rows with a date the tool cannot read are skipped and listed with their line number, so you can fix them and import again.

Adding your plan to Google Calendar or Outlook

Export .ics and import the file into your calendar app. Posts without a time become all-day events; posts with a time start at that local time. Each event title starts with the channel in brackets, such as [Instagram], and the description carries the status, owner, notes and link. Tip: import into a separate calendar so you can hide or delete the whole plan at once.

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FAQ

Is this content calendar maker free?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit on posts. Everything runs in your browser, so your calendar is not sent to our servers.

Where is my content calendar saved?

It is saved automatically in your browser storage on this device. It does not sync to other devices or browsers. Export a CSV to keep a backup or to move the plan to another computer.

Can I add my content calendar to Google Calendar or Outlook?

Yes. Click Export .ics and import the file in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. Posts without a time become all-day events, and each event title starts with its channel.

Can I use it as a content calendar template in Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. Export CSV gives you a spreadsheet with date, time, title, channel, status, owner, notes and link columns. You can edit it and import it back; comma and semicolon files both work.

How is this different from the AI content plan generator?

The content plan generator uses AI to suggest topics and a posting plan. This content calendar maker is the scheduling grid: you place, move, filter and export the posts yourself. Many people use the two together.