wp-cron

Setup wp_schedule_event within a custom plugin

First of all: if you haven’t read it already, please check the official documentation on WP-Cron. The problem in your code is this line add_action( ‘setupCronJob_whatToMine’, ‘setupCronJob’); You’re defining a new action setupCronJob_whatToMine and add the setupCronJob method to it. But as this is a custom action you just created, it will never be called … Read more

Sending email to all users

Sending mass emails that actually get delivered is not a simple matter at all. Even if your code sends 1000 messages correctly, many if not most of them will get blocked or labeled as spam unless you comply with a long list of mass email best practices. (See also: The FTC’s CAN-SPAM Act – Compliance … Read more

Cron Job not working in plugin

The cron event needs to be registered on the plugin activation hook like so: register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘activate_cron’ ); function activate_cron() { wp_schedule_event( current_time( ‘timestamp’ ), ‘hourly’, ‘the_function_to_run’ ); } The the_function_to_run defined in the wp_schedule_event needs to be your function that you want to run at the time interval. Note: When you say something is … Read more

How to fix missing function in wp-cron?

You can also disable the auto wp-cron from loading and setup a manual cron job on your server. Add the following line to your Wp-config.php define(‘DISABLE_WP_CRON’, true); and then on your server/control panel create a cron job to run the following: wget http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1 I run mine every 5 minutes.

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