Wp_Schedule_Event every day at specific time

WP Cron runs, when somebody visits your website.
Thus if nobody visits, the cron never runs.

Now there are 2 solutions:

  1. Disable WP Cron, use a real cron job and customize it.

https://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/wordpress/how-to-replace-wordpress-cron-with-a-real-cron-job

  1. Use a custom interval in wp_schedule_event():

    function myprefix_custom_cron_schedule( $schedules ) {
        $schedules['every_six_hours'] = array(
            'interval' => 21600, // Every 6 hours
            'display'  => __( 'Every 6 hours' ),
        );
        return $schedules;
    }
    add_filter( 'cron_schedules', 'myprefix_custom_cron_schedule' );
    
    //Schedule an action if it's not already scheduled
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'myprefix_cron_hook' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_event( time(), 'every_six_hours', 'myprefix_cron_hook' );
    }
    
    ///Hook into that action that'll fire every six hours
     add_action( 'myprefix_cron_hook', 'myprefix_cron_function' );
    
    //create your function, that runs on cron
    function myprefix_cron_function() {
        //your function...
    }
    

and you can see these tuts

http://www.nextscripts.com/tutorials/wp-cron-scheduling-tasks-in-wordpress/

http://www.iceablethemes.com/optimize-wordpress-replace-wp_cron-real-cron-job/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/16/schedule-events-using-wordpress-cron/

custom Wp cron

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/cron_schedules

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/16/schedule-events-using-wordpress-cron/

http://www.viper007bond.com/2011/12/14/how-to-create-custom-wordpress-cron-intervals/

http://www.sitepoint.com/mastering-wordpress-cron/

https://tommcfarlin.com/wordpress-cron-jobs/

http://www.paulund.co.uk/create-cron-jobs-in-wordpress

cron linux

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-add-jobs-to-cron-under-linux-or-unix-oses/

http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/scheduling-tasks-with-cron-jobs–net-8800

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