Make posts automatically from an Online XML file through wp cron job
I have figured a way. There is a WP ALLIMPORT plugin. Here is the link if anyone else need help Download wpallimport plugin
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Pages for Cron use Only?
You could use php_sapi_name(). See this demo lifted from the developer docs <?php $sapi_type = php_sapi_name(); if (substr($sapi_type, 0, 3) == ‘cgi’) { echo “Your are probably a human”; } else { echo “You are probably not a human”; } ?> You could just apply this kind of conditional at the start of your script.
setting up a wp cron job
It depends what you mean by “I want the test.php file to be called not earlier then a specific time each day”. Setting up a cron job is very straightforward, you just need to simply do: <?php register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘prefix_activation’ ); /** * On activation, set a time, frequency and name of an action hook … Read more
Run WordPress Plugin in the Specified time
As you mentioned, WordPress by default only runs the wp_cron when the WordPress site is visited. This of course will cause problems if you are needing to schedule some event reliably, and you aren’t getting consistent traffic to your site. To resolve this, you can disable the default functionality of the wordpress cron by adding … Read more
Huge cron option_value into wp_options table
This could be caused by many different things, as well as a result of a broken cron setup, where actions are being scheduled, but never run. The best way forward is to try and understand what is actually being scheduled or rescheduled, what are the action names? If you can find the action names, you’ll … Read more
couldn’t connect to host – wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron
You should open a support ticket with your host, as it’s probably related to their environment. From the error, it sounds to me like they might be blocking curl in their environment, probably for security reasons. They may be able to unblock it, or you may need to find an alternative.
daily job to run send email based on user data
You can go about it this way, explanation in pseudo code and in the comments. Create a function like the following in your functions.php file: /** * This function collects the tasks that are due in a week and sends a reminder **/ function check_user_tasks_week_before() { // query which Completion Dates are in a week … Read more
Sending emails to separate accounts using a for loop
For whatever reason, this part: for ($z = 1; $z <= $Number_of_Categories; $z++) is the offender. even though $Number_of_Categories was defined above where it is used, the value wasn’t holding. I had to build a function instead, and do this: function get_Number_of_Categories(){ return “2”; } for ($z = 1; $z <= get_Number_of_Categories(); $z++) once I … Read more
wp-cron function not running when activating the cron by form submit
I figured it out. I had used the function obs_daily_cron_fn() inside the function obs_plugin_fn(). So the function was not triggered untill the plugin page is opened. Now moving the function obs_daily_cron_fn() out of the function obs_plugin_fn() works perfectly.
Schedule Removal of Menu Page and Shortcode
First, unless zeeshan is actually a function inside a class, do not use array($this,’zeeshan’). (If it is in a class, nevermind.) Second, even if this event is firing – it may or may not be? – the way you have it is only going to affect the current pageload when triggered, so is rather pointless. … Read more