I always found that logging cron job execution to a file is very helpful. Otherwise you have no idea if it’s working right. Just have your code open a file, write a timestamp, and close. Something simple like: $logfile = $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’].’/CRON.txt’; $handle = fopen($logfile , ‘a’) or die(‘Cannot open file: ‘.$logfile ); $data=”cron task called … Read more
And what do you think it should do? Either you posted here only part of your code or it can’t do anything that makes sense. The only thing this function does is assigning a value to a variable. This SQL query is never executed, because you don’t execute it anywhere in your code. I guess … Read more
You can also use one of the web cron services. If you don’t have access to a web server or are on a big host that doesn’t give you access to a Control Panel then these are great. Actually, I might recommend using them in place of the cron on your server anyway since their … Read more
Looking at your function: function my_task_function() { $test_score update_field(‘score’, $test_score ); } $test_score is not defined here, it should be $test_score=”something”; Left the way you have it now will generate php warnings. Also the update_field function used in this context (in a cron) will require you to pass a third argument specifying which post/page contains … Read more
I would create a simple plugin that spits the data out into a private admin page, you basically want to use: $cron = _get_cron_array(); $schedules = wp_get_schedules(); $tranny = get_transient(‘doing_cron’); //var_dump or loop over these There are several plugins that do this that style the output to make it easier to read and organize, also … Read more
WP cron tasks execute in completely separate process from page load. Nothing from the task’s output will be ever seen by users. That’s the purpose of them, to run scheduled task without interfering with site itself. If you want to output to the page periodically you will have to build it in other way. You … Read more
At first view, the schefuled task code in your code seems ok. I just would suggest to introduce scheduled tasks clearing on plugin deactivation; this is useful for several reasons and one of them can be the origin of your problem: if you was testing, the scheduled event can be already set and this snippet … Read more
For what it’s worth, I was running into the issue of the same message within WP-Cron Events but instead with a 404 “not found” code…it’s hunting for the file http://yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php. My issue turned out to be an improper file permission on my wp-cron.php file (644 instead of 666) which caused the wp-cron.php file to give … Read more
First take a SQL dump of the database in the state you want it. Then you’d write a script that accomplishes the following: Put the WP install into maintenance mode by creating a file in wp-content with the filename .maintenance and contents “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” (or your preferred … Read more
The problem here is a mistake regarding how to schedule a cron event, lets begin with: wp_schedule_event(time(), ‘hourly’, ‘my_schedule_hook’, $args); wp_schedule_event(time(), ‘hourly’, ‘update_user_hours’); Here you are telling WordPress to fire the update_user_hours action/event on an hourly basis. You then hook into this to fire a callback: add_action(‘update_user_hours’, ‘do_this_hourly’); But then, instead of declaring do_this_hourly, for … Read more