I believe by default these folders are created by user interaction, however, it’s possible that a plugin may be calling a function to create these monthly upload folders. Note that using this function will create a subfolder in your Uploads folder corresponding to the queried month (or current month, if no $time argument is provided), … Read more
You have got it wrong. The function wp_schedule_event() schedules a action hook with the third argument. So you will need to call your function on the scheduled hook. Like this – add_action( ‘archive_data’, ‘archive_data’ );
There is no way to do that. You need to design a push solution instead of a pull one, and if you can’t and must have to use pull…. well than it sucks to be you :(. Web servers and web software is not designed to be used for “heavy lifting” in such frequent interval. … Read more
First of all you have to remember how WP cron works. The action will trigger when someone visits your WordPress site, if the scheduled time has passed. So if your site isn’t very crowded at 3am, the cron job won’t start exactly at 3am. (You should use real cron if you really need to run … Read more
Is it possible to use `wp_schedule_event` with real cronjobs?
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Take a look at the Transients API. It’s meant to store data temporary. Note, that this doesn’t replace a cron job, as it needs “Action” on the site. So if the site isn’t requested, where you set/alter/delete a Transient, then nothing happens.
Take a look at the docs. That plugin uses Simplepie as an aggregator. Google results: http://simplepie.org/wiki/tutorial/setting_up_a_cron_job_with_simplepie