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Cron Setup and Monitor – Get URL Cron icon

Cron Setup and Monitor – Get URL Cron

Manage cron jobs, monitor tasks, retry failures, and send email updates

By berkux·Cron·Free
3(2 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Cron Setup and Monitor is a WordPress cron plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 30K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Downloads are up 30% this week. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

3/52 reviews
1.0K+active installs
30K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Effortlessly define and manage cron jobs with execution URLs and WP-Shortcodes. The plugin monitors cron jobs, retries failed executions as needed, and sends status updates via email.

With “Cron Setup and Monitor – Get URL Cron” you can:
* Add, edit, and delete cron jobs to request HTTP URLs or WordPress shortcodes at defined times with various intervals.
* Verify the retrieved result by checking for a required string or JSON field to ensure the HTTP URL or shortcode request was successful.
* Retry the HTTP URL or shortcode request multiple times in case of failures.
* Display all cron jobs in the WordPress installation, including those independent of this plugin.
* Manually execute cron jobs.
* Log requests and show OK or FAIL status: The first log entry records what s…

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Ratings & Reviews

32 reviews
5 ★
1
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Recent Reviews

Not Good
by domjohnjoaojansen·9 months ago·1 reply

From time to time it changes the recurrence to disable

Tut was es soll
by JSG01·4 years ago·1 reply

Tolles Plugin, funktioniert wie es soll und ist einfach zu konfigurieren. Ein kleines Highlight wäre es noch, feste Uhrzeiten hinterlegen zu können. Es ist jedoch möglich durch definieren einer Startzeit und entsprechender Wiederholpausen (z.B. 24 Stunden) auf das gleiche Ergebnis zu kommen.

Download Trends

Today: 4Yesterday: 12This week: 56Period total: 7K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
85.5%
v1.4
14.6%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.4

  • Plugin ok with WordPress 6.9
  • Plugin ok with “Plugin Check 1.7.0”
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

berkuxberkux
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.4
Last Updated
Dec 4, 2025
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
30K+
Added
Nov 24, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

cronalarmcheckmonitorscheduler

Developer

B
berkux
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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