WP CRON Fails At 13:00 Every Day

After further troubleshooting today, and with outstanding support from SiteGround, I have found the root cause. Turns out that every time termly_account_update wp-cron action ran (scheduled every 24 hours), it would crash the wp-cron processes, causing all other due now wp-cron actions to fail, including my my_heartbeat action. termly_account_update is a wp-cron job associated with … Read more

Cronjob function not executed – negative seconds

I’ve managed to fix it! The problem was calling the wrong add_action. I had: // Schedule Cron Job Event function custom_cron_job() { if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( ‘XML_import’ ) ) { wp_schedule_event( time(), ‘hourly’, ‘XML_import’ ); } } add_action( ‘wp’, ‘custom_cron_job’ ); But it must be: // Schedule Cron Job Event if (! wp_next_scheduled( ‘xml’ ) … Read more

Does DISABLE_WP_CRON prevent plugins from registering new cron tasks?

Is this assumption valid? Or does DISABLE_WP_CRON actually block crons from running, and block plugins from registering new cron events? Yes, setting DISABLE_WP_CRON to true doesn’t actually block WordPress’ crons from running; it just prevents wordpress itself from initiating the events to run when your backend is triggered by a customer viewing your website. I’m … Read more

how to crate cronjo not depending on user access

Have tried plugins for wordpress cronjob plugins Cronjob Scheduler and SetCron are worthy a shot… my personal favorite is Cronjob Scheduler.. with cronjob scheduler Running your cron tasks Most shared providers offer a crontab manager, or you can speak to your shared hosting provider about setting up our cron job. If you manage the server, … Read more

wp-cron not working

function cron_daily_whatever() { if (!wp_next_scheduled(‘check_daily_event’)) { wp_schedule_event(time(),’daily’,’check_daily_event’); } } function check_daily_event() { error_log(‘check’); } add_action(‘wp’,’cron_daily_whatever’); add_action(‘check_daily_event’,’check_daily_event’);