When you register a scheduled event for WordPress’ cron, the 3rd argument is a hook name: wp_schedule_event( time(), ‘hourly’, ‘my_hourly_event’ ); And you add a function to run on this hook with add_action(): add_action( ‘my_hourly_event’, ‘do_this_hourly’ ); This will cause do_this_hourly() to run whenever the scheduled event runs. This works because when the scheduled time … Read more
Since wp_mail is pluggable, we can selectively override it. I run the following code in my general functionality plugin: /** * Email Async. * * We override the wp_mail function for all non-cron requests with a function that simply * captures the arguments and schedules a cron event to send the email. */ if ( … Read more
WordPress Cron is scheduled but not running
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cron.php being constantly deleted [closed]
AS said by Fleuv you can use wp_schedule_event() function to execute your code like this add_action(‘my_twfours_action’, ‘my_twfours_action_fn’); my_twfours_action_fn (){ //this code will execute every 24 hours } wp_schedule_event( time(), ‘daily’, ‘my_twfours_action’ ); //adding new cron schedule event To create your 2 minutes filter and then scheduling a cron jo is like function my_two_minutes_filter( $schedules ) … Read more
You can include the PHP file and do the tasks, if WP-cron is your only option. // Scheduled Action Hook function run_my_script( ) { require_once(‘related/path/to/php/file.php’); } // Schedule Cron Job Event function USERS_MONITORING() { if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( ‘USERS_MONITORING’ ) ) { wp_schedule_event( strtotime(’07:00:00′), ‘daily’, ‘USERS_MONITORING’ ); } } add_action( ‘USERS_MONITORING’, ‘run_my_script’ ); Note that … Read more
Is doing_wp_cron a necessary query string when scheduling cron.php as a cron job?
I needed the hook name and not the function name so instead of this: if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( ‘do_this_in_an_hour’ ) ) { wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 40, ‘do_this_in_an_hour’ ); } That: if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( ‘my_new_event’ ) ) { wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 40, ‘my_new_event’ ); }
Cron execution may differ depending on when the system cron is actually being run. For example, if your system is running cron at 5 minutes interval, even a cron scheduled for immediate run will execute between a few seconds to 5 minutes. You may use the WP Crontrol Plugin to check the cron schedules set … Read more