wp-cron refers to a WordPress subsystem that allows for the scheduled execution of code
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How can I change the frequency of a scheduled event?
I have declared a scheduled event in a plugin like this :
function shedule_email_alerts() {
if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'send_email_alerts_hook' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event(time(), 'hourly', ...
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Run a cron job (or similar) in the background of WP after post update/create
I would like to run a filter on post content after it has been created or updated.
I would like this to occur after the user has submitted the post, as it may be a bit of a lengthy process (a ...
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Why is ?doing_wp_cron being appended to my URLs
I'm finding this string appended to the end of my URLs sometimes:
/?doing_wp_cron
Does anyone know what it for? How can I remove it?
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wp_schedule_event will it run if timestamp has passed?
I've been told by my clients that scheduled jobs are not run some times as expected. I never questioned myself about how wp_cron actually works, I thought it was kinda self-explanatory. But now I ...
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Posts wont expire
I am having some trouble with scheduling posts to automatically expire (either by deleting or going to draft), every plugin I have tried does nothing and when it reaches the scheduled time nothing ...
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How is WP Cron Locking implemented?
WordPress takes measures to ensure that a cron task doesn't run twice when it should run once, e.g. once every hour when an hourly schedule is given, rather than the occasional twice at the scheduled ...
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Initialize WordPress environment to use in a real cron script
I have to run a PHP script through real cron (WP cron being too unreliable). Within that script, I need $wpdb to insert data into WordPress table. But of course $wpdb will not be available as ...
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Running a function on post content and CPT meta
As per this thread I'm scheduling a wp_cron every hour which runs a function. The function I'm running is reasonably lengthy and I didn't want authors to have to deal with the waiting times.
My ...
