Questions tagged [cron]
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Fatal error on wordpress order update [closed]
Since a while we're experiencing some trouble when updating orders on our wordpress environment.
This is the error log from wp-cron.log
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Invalid order. in
/home/...
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Unzip file in functions.php, and add it to cron
I have a file in the root folder of my wordpress installation (myfolder, wp-content, wp-config, and all other).
I want unzip a test.zip archive in my myfolder folder in root directory.
I try this ...
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Auto Delete Users (auto_delete_users)
I need some help cause I couldn't find any solution for my problem and haven't the knowledge to solve the problem on my own.
What I'm trying to do:
I want to delte every WordPress user (subscriber) ...
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Can/should we delete wordpress cron jobs with no action?
I find myself during a website creation where I try several plugins and delete them afterwards. However, some plugins do not clean their cronjobs and are left to be executed with no action.
My ...
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How to run wp_insert_post() & wpdb on the background?
I have created a code to fetch data from a remote API then echo certain data & import those data into a post type using wp_insert_post() & post meta** using wpdb->query().
Here's my current ...
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Best Way to Enter Maintenance Mode Programmatically
I need the site to be in maintenance mode while I complete a cron job within a plugin.
I have solved this by creating a ".maintenance" file in my plugin directory and using the following ...
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Set up a WP Cron scheduled event to update calculated ACF field
I have 3 ACF fields set up on a custom post type:
Number Value A - automatically updated every minute
Number Value B - automatically updated every minute (at the same time as Value A)
Number Value C - ...
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Does using WP-cron make the site slower for the user?
Forgive my "beginnerness" in this matter but I have 2 options to trigger a heavy task (massive update on users' properties to solve an issue between 2 plugins that weren't meant to cooperate)...
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File Type Is Not Permitted - Cronjob
I am currently developing a cron job that downloads a xml file from an external source and stores it within wordpress media.
For debugging proposals, I have installed the plugin Advanced Cron Manager, ...
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Time limit on long cron job?
I'm working on a membership system which is going to process renewal payments.
If I use set_time_limit(0) inside the wp_schedule_event (cron) function, is that enough to ensure that it has the time it ...
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WP Cron Working, but Function Not Working
I have a plugin I built for events. I set up the plugin with WP Cron to run a function. The function checks the events posts to see if it's recurring then if the start date has passed it updates the ...
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Solution for processing lots of data with CRON/API, dealing with memory/timeout issues
Using a custom CRON job set up in my Wordpress site I am connecting to an external API to refresh some data. The API only allows for a certain amount of records to be read at a time so I have to "...
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Run function with schedule is not working correctly
i´m trying to run a function with a schedule but the response is empty. I am developing a plugin where i will send a json encoded array to my IoT service. The service is fine. All other functions are ...
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export a csv file from the database with a cronjob
I'm using an event plugin, which doesn't have a user-friendly function for showing a list of bookings. That's why I wrote a php+js script myself to display that data in a nice way.
But to use my own ...
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WP Import All Multiple Dynamic Link Imports
What I’m trying to accomplish is to import the property details but they have a dynamic link.
I need to get the property codes from this link -> https://api.supercontrol.co.uk/xml/filter3.asp?...
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Strange cron job behavior and how to solve it?
My site health said cron evens has missed schedule, so I installed “Wp control” plugin to check the cron evens.
Normally “next run” will show the future time, but in my case it shows a time in the ...
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Wordpress cron not getting executed when called by external service (but ok from browser)
I'm trying to set up an external cron service to run cron in my WP site.
I have disabled WP's own cron using define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true); in wp-config.php.
As for the URL to call from the external ...
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Update Content based on expiration time or queued processing
every hour by cron, I call a function that updates the contents.
If on post have custom field with auto,so work.(to distinguish it from those written manually).
function aggiorna_dati() {
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Cron: Update four post at Hour
I have function that update post content automatically based from custom field like this:
function update_content(){
$mycustomfield = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'customfield', true);
$...
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Running server cron job to update WP custom posts
I am using the WP Import plugin to import custom posts with custom taxonomies. All working properly. I see someone discussed a similar issue a few years ago but I couldn't find a solution to it. I am ...
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Bulk updating a group of WordPress Pages every 10 minutes
I need to bulk update 86 specific WordPress Pages every 10 minutes, with the term updating I mean the same thing as clicking the Blue Update Button on each page, and having them all update at the same ...
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Activate Plugin Automatically After Set Time
please how do I activate a plugin after a set period of time automatically. For example, let's say I want to activate Jetpack automatically after 3 weeks. Thanks
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How to protect a script execution on Wordpress?
Recently I have created a script to update records on my Wordpress database. I basically use wpdb to connect to another database, grap some records, and update the Wordpress database. Using only ...
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Cron job to change CPT
I'm hoping to write a cron to automatically change the custom post type for any items that match a particular CPT each night at midnight.
For instance:
I have a CPT called "members," but at ...
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Large Wordpress CRON job
I'm programming the integration with external API (real estate). I have one CRON job which is planned for at 1 o'clock am. It's running very well because I'm using server CRON initialize instead WP ...
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Manually running cron from the server
I have a staging server begind basic auth and I'd like to run system cron instead of WordPress 'cron'.
I've placed the define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true); in my wp-config.php, and first I've added
*/5 * *...
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Wp_Schedule_Event every few minutes doesn't work
I wrote the folowing timer in my function.php file. It should be called every certain time (3 minutes) but it doesn't work at all.
function myprefix_custom_cron_schedule( $schedules ) {
$schedules['...
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Setting up a cron job to auto update a custom field
I need help to setup a cron job to update a custom field (created with Advanced Custom Field) every 8 hours.
This is the function to define the custom time schedule:
function cron_schedule_eight_hours(...
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Scheduling update post daily
I have created a function to change the post category to archive after expiry date. And it will update every time when I save a post.
But the question is that how can I schedule an update for posts ...
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How to force 'cron_schedules' every minute instead 1 hour?
I have a problem because I try to run my function every minute...
And there are my two codes which I tried:
function my_cron_schedules($schedules){
if(!isset($schedules["61sec"])){
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Wp Maintenance mode and external cron job
I am using this code
add_action( 'wp_loaded', function()
{
global $pagenow;
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// Turn on/off you Maintenance Mode (true/false)
define('...
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How to run SQL query from Wordpress 'WP Crontrol' plugin
I have a SQL query which does exactly what I want if I run it directly in the database:
UPDATE wp_pmpro_memberships_users
SET wp_pmpro_memberships_users.status = 'admin_cancelled'
WHERE ...
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What is the relationship between UFW (firewall) being enabled and cron job running?
I have a very specific problem on my server and can't wrap my head around it.
I use BackUpWordpress as a backup solution for my site.
Recently I noticed cron jobs were not firing properly to backup ...
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Cron jobs when running multiple instances on the same DB
I have a user using my plugin that has multiple AWS instances hosting WP and pointing to the same database. One of the jobs of my plugins is to run a large number of small jobs.
I was thinking of ...
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Is there a delay to include call function modification in a scheduled cron task?
I´m testing my cron task.
I´m not sure but it seems to be the effect of a previous code.
So, I´m wondering when you modify you call function and you run now your cron task (I´m using WP Control) and ...
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How to pass variable from other function?
I want to pass the $job_id variable to the expire_job_featured function (for wp single cron event) but I don't know how can I do that.
This is the full code of setting job's post meta value "...
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Cron and request with wp_remote_post
I have a problem with a plugin I'm working on, I have implemented a cron that 2 times a day makes a call to update the data, the call is made with the wp_remote_post function.
$response = ...
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Wordpress Console Application (ability to excecute a custom function via crontab only)
I have a few custom tables in the database and I need to clean expired data from time to time.
If I was using WP-Cron, it would be easy, but WP-Cron sucks and is a no-go (especially for what I am ...
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Cron task with scheduled timestamp in the past
I´m doing some setting to enable/disable a cron task and choose a time to run this task.
When I disable the cron task and enable it after without changed the time, my timestamp is in the past and make ...
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Cron task gets removed from the schedule
I have a plugin which I have deployed on four different websites.
Part of that extension is a Cron job which triggers every hour.
On one of my deployments my job gets removed from the schedule. I ...
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Manual Cron job occasionally outputting WP die message
I have some manual cron jobs running on my server hourly - they seem to generally fire fine, but occasionally they output the WP die message page html (see below) to the cron output logs which i have ...
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Cron job for creating posts not excecuting properly
I've written a PHP script to create custom posts programmatically from Google Calendar events, and an action hook that purges all existing events and repopulates it with current ones. This works fine ...
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Flush rewrite rules with scheduled event (cron)
I'm trying to flush rewrite rule with a wp_schedule_event
function el_custom_cron_schedule( $schedules ) {
$schedules['el_every_5mn'] = array(
'interval' => 5*60,
'display' =&...
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Programmatically save one/any post
I am using WP All import in order to import listings in a website. Everything works well except displaying all listings in a map. If i edit any listing, and then click Update (without making any ...
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Use wp_remote_get() with a private or password protected page?
Is there any way to use the wp_remote_get() function to access a WordPress page that is either set to Private -OR- password protected (using the native password option in the post visibility settings)?...
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How to Set a Condition via Page Template Name in WP Cron Job?
I have created a Cron Job Function. But, I can't set a condition for Cron Job. Basically I want Cron Job need to work if the Template File Name is page-delete.php So, How can I set Condition using ...
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Real cron killed my cron system. Only define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true ); works
my host recommended me to disable wp cron for a real cron due to excessive executions.
the cron system broken immediately and scheduled tasks were not happening.
deleting real cron and turning on ...
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Why is wp-cron only executing on page visit?
As I have understood wp-cron runs after a HTTP-Request to the given domain. Can someone explain to me why this is the case? I don't quite understand why the execution of (scheduled) wp-cron events are ...
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Server cron job not working
I want to setup server cron job for my WordPress website. This is what I have done so far.
I added this line to my wp-config file.
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
I added this command for setting ...
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my hook or my function wont run in the cronjob
i have made a cron job to run a function but the function wont run. i did run the code that is inside the function, outside to see if it works and it did, it just wont do nothing if inside the ...
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