Please see my answer here. It's a proof-of-concept for running a native crontab in Linux with your WP installation.

As for WP-Cron functionality, beware of these caveats:

• WP-Cron is a pseudo cron that is runs when WP is loaded. WP checks if a WP-Cron is scheduled or behind schedule to run and then executes the cron script.
• If there is not adequate traffic, your cron might run really late.
• Scheduling a WP-Cron to run during peak hours might cause some performance issues if it's a large, intensive script.

If you choose to go the WP-Cron route, here's a great article to show you how to use it. You can also check out the WP functions in the Codex here.

I prefer the reliability of a Linux crontab, especially for integral, heavy-weight cron scripts. For extremely lightweight scripts, I do use WP-Cron at times.

Hope this helps!

Please see my answer here. It's a proof-of-concept for running a native crontab in Linux with your WP installation.

As for WP-Cron functionality, beware of these caveats:

• WP-Cron is a pseudo cron that is runs when WP is loaded. WP checks if a WP-Cron is scheduled or behind schedule to run and then executes the cron script.
• If there is not adequate traffic, your cron might run really late.
• Scheduling a WP-Cron to run during peak hours might cause some performance issues if it's a large, intensive script.

If you choose to go the WP-Cron route, here's a great article to show you how to use it. You can also check out the WP functions in the Codex here.

I prefer the reliability of a Linux crontab, especially for integral, heavy-weight cron scripts. For extremely lightweight scripts, I do use WP-Cron at times.

Hope this helps!

Please see my answer here. It's a proof-of-concept for running a native crontab in Linux with your WP installation.

Hope this helps!

Please see my answer here. It's a proof-of-concept for running a native crontab in Linux with your WP installation.

As for WP-Cron functionality, beware of these caveats:

• WP-Cron is a pseudo cron that is runs when WP is loaded. WP checks if a WP-Cron is scheduled or behind schedule to run and then executes the cron script.
• If there is not adequate traffic, your cron might run really late.
• Scheduling a WP-Cron to run during peak hours might cause some performance issues if it's a large, intensive script.

If you choose to go the WP-Cron route, here's a great article to show you how to use it. You can also check out the WP functions in the Codex here.

I prefer the reliability of a Linux crontab, especially for integral, heavy-weight cron scripts. For extremely lightweight scripts, I do use WP-Cron at times.

Hope this helps!