Cronjob Scheduler

This plugin simply replaces the adhoc triggering of your scheduled tasks with a trigger delivered by your host operating system. This increases reliability. There are no downsides. It also makes it easy to create your own cron job. I had some questions about how it worked and the developer gave me great support.

This plugin was recommended for another plugin, Projectopia. Chris is very fast to respond to what looks like most requests when trouble arises.

Thanks again Chris!

This plugin would be the perfect cronjob scheduler if jobs could be scheduled at a given time, instead of only allowing intervals. The UI is stellar, and functions as advertised, however, without the ability to control the exact time of execution, it is unusable for most applications.

This is a fantastic plugin. I use it in conjunction with the “SLM Woo Addon” and “Software License Manager” plugins to send emails to users whose license is about to expire. I have no connection to Chris Page or Motocom and therefore have no hesitation in recommending you make a donation for this plugin (see link at bottom right of Cronjob Scheduler).

If you think this plugin is not working I suggest you do the following:

1. Install the “Code Snippets” plugin by Shea Bunge and add the following snippet:
// Test cronjob created by Chris Page
add_action(‘cronjob_test’, function () {
file_put_contents(WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/.test.txt’, “\nHit at ” . date(‘Ymd-His’), FILE_APPEND);
});

2. In the Cronjob Scheduler, which is in Settings, create an Action and name it “cronjob_test” with a run time of once every minute.

3. Create a file, .test.txt (including the dot at the start of the filename), in your wp-content folder.

4. Start the snippet and check if information is being written to .test.txt:
e.g. Hit at 20170601-110444

5. If the file is empty, note the information in “Plugin Details” (bottom right of Cronjob Scheduler). In particular that you need a cronjob that runs every minute. If you don’t know how to set up a cronjob, contact your ISP.

6. Remember to stop the Code Snippets cronjob if “Hit at …” is being written to the .test.txt file.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by grcplaybook.
• This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by grcplaybook.

It does not work on the latest version of wp.