What is WP-Cron spawning? First off, let’s see what WP-Cron is and how it works: WP-Cron is how WordPress handles scheduling time-based tasks in WordPress, e.g. checking for core updates and publishing scheduled post. WP-Cron works by checking, on every page load, a list of scheduled tasks to see what needs to be run. Any … Read more
Removing / un-scheduling obsolete cron jobs can be achieved using this code snippet. add_action(“init”, “remove_cron_job”); function remove_cron_job() { wp_clear_scheduled_hook(“my_schedule_hook”); } Change the my_schedule_hook to cron’s hook name and add the code in your theme’s function.php file.
Unfortunately, you cannot run script on every 12 December. WP Cron can be only defined as interval from first execution of script, so you have to execute script on 12 December with one year interval to do exactly what you want. I will suggest you to create WP Cron job with daily interval and check … Read more
You have the wrong period alias in your code You added your personal period in my_cron_schedules() as 61sec: $schedules[“61sec”] = array( but use it in setup_schedule() as 61sek: wp_schedule_event( current_time(‘timestamp’), ’61sek’ , ‘expire_ogl’); The other parts of the code look right.
If you don’t have control over the API, you’re doing it almost right. That is what cron jobs are for. What needs to be avoided is possible overlapping API calls that do the same thing. Why not instead have a meta field automation_operation_status that stores the … status? Like pending, running, complete, error. Then, in … Read more
You don’t really need a Plugin to define these type of cronjobs in a timely manner. All you need to do is to reliably call the WordPress Cron file which is wp-cron.php The question is if your Webhost allows you to start wget without any path command or if it’s allowed to start it anyway. … Read more
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
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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