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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How to create a WP Cron hooks based on schedules from Advanced cron manager plugin?
There is no limit. Once the next person visits the site the cron queue runs regardless of how much of a gap there has been. The only caveat is that if you have a job that you’ve scheduled to run hourly and 2hrs pass between vists to the site, the job will only run once … Read more
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