wp-cron

It looks to me that this line add_action(‘obr_scheduled_task’, array(&$this, ‘obr_activate_scheduled_task’)); should be add_action(‘obr_scheduled_task’, array(&$this, ‘obr_scheduled_task’)); otherwise you are re-scheduling on every page visit. Edit: Here is a logger that can be useful when debugging wp-cron: function my_logger($var){ $logfile=”/tmp/logger.txt”; // EDIT this to your needs file_put_contents($logfile, date(“Y-m-d: H:i:s”,time()).” — “.print_r($var, true).”\n”, FILE_APPEND); } You can use … Read more

If what you are seeing are hits to /wp-cron.php, there is nothing really that prevents a plugin or malicious bots from making a request to that file, with or without DISABLE_WP_CRON set to true, but with it set to TRUE the actual cron process should be killed.

Well, it isn’t the best tutorial I’ve came across, so I get why you’re confused… Smashing Magazine has a little bit better tutorial on this subject. Some quotes from this article that should help you understand how does WP Cron work… WordPress Cron is what many people refer to as a “pseudo-cron system.” The difference … Read more

Alright, here’s some code I just whipped up. Completely untested, just wrote it right off the cuff…so don’t expect it to work 100% when you drop it in, but the core concept is there, as is a decent amount of the legwork add_action( ‘my_filter_posts_content’, ‘my_filter_content’ ); add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘my_set_content_filter’ ); if( !wp_next_scheduled( ‘my_filter_posts_content’ ) ) … Read more