Free Content Calendar Template
A beautiful, ready-to-use content calendar template that lets you plan a whole quarter of content across every channel — blog, social, email and video — in one colour-coded view. Built for marketing teams, businesses and creators.
- A quarter in one view — every post, channel and deadline on a single tab you can scan in seconds.
- Colour-coded by channel & status — spot gaps, clashes and what’s still stuck in “Idea” instantly.
- Drop-down driven — pick Channel, Owner and Status from menus; no messy free-text to clean up.
- Counts itself — a live panel tallies your items by status and by channel as you plan.
| Publish date | Channel | Content title | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Jan | Blog | New Year, new systems: 2026 planning guide | Amelia Clarke | Published |
| Thu 8 Jan | Behind the scenes at our planning offsite | Chloe Bennett | Published | |
| Mon 12 Jan | The 5 metrics we review every Monday | Marcus Reed | Scheduled | |
| Thu 15 Jan | January newsletter — what’s new | Sofia Rossi | Scheduled | |
| Mon 20 Jan | YouTube | How we plan a quarter of content | Ravi Patel | Drafting |
| Thu 22 Jan | X | Thread: 7 content ideas for small teams | Marcus Reed | Drafting |
| Tue 3 Feb | Meet the team — get-to-know-us carousel | Chloe Bennett | Idea | |
| Tue 10 Feb | Case study: cutting a 40-tool stack to one | Marcus Reed | Idea | |
| ＋ add… | ▾ | ▾ |
Preview of the actual template — pick a channel and status from the drop-downs and every row colour-codes itself.
Everything you need to plan a quarter of content
Not a blank grid — a proper planner built by a team that ships content every week. Open it and start typing.
A quarter in one view
Every piece of content, every channel, every deadline on one tab. Sort by date to see what ships next, or by owner to balance the load.
Colour-coded rows
Each channel and status gets its own colour, so gaps, clashes and neglected ideas jump straight out at a glance.
Drop-down driven
Pick Channel, Owner and Status from tidy menus — edit the lists once on the Settings tab and everything updates.
Counts itself
A live panel tallies your items by status and by channel as you plan, so you can keep a healthy content mix without doing sums.
Up and running in two minutes
No setup, no login, no learning curve.
Download & open
Grab the .xlsx and open it in Excel (or Google Sheets / Numbers). It just works — sample content included.
Set your lists
On the Settings tab, tweak your channels, owners and statuses. Every drop-down on the calendar updates instantly.
Plan the quarter
Add a row per post, pick a channel and status, and watch it colour up. The summary panel keeps score for you.
Free content calendar template — questions
Yes — completely free. Fill in the short form above and the Excel file downloads straight away. No payment, no trial, no catch.
Yes. It’s a standard .xlsx file, so it opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and Apple Numbers. The colours, drop-downs and live counts all carry across.
It comes set up for Blog, Instagram, LinkedIn, Email, YouTube and X — each in its own colour. You can rename, add or remove channels on the Settings tab in seconds, and every drop-down updates.
It’s built to plan a full quarter (13 weeks) in one view, but there’s no limit — add as many rows as you like to map out a whole year of content.
For a solo creator or a small team, absolutely — that’s exactly what this is for. When drafting, approvals and publishing across channels start to sprawl, that’s where Landing takes over (below).
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Meet Landing — plan, create & publish your content in one place
A spreadsheet is a great start. Landing is where growing teams go next: a real content calendar, AI-assisted drafting, approvals, and one-click publishing to every social channel — plus your CRM, email, analytics and 40+ tools, all connected instead of duct-taped together.
See Landing in action →