Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress
The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.
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·200 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress is a WordPress debug plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
5/55 reviews
200active installs
9.3K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
The WP-Cron system in WordPress is not a “real” cron system, which means events may not run exactly according to their schedule because the system relies on regular traffic to the website in order to trigger scheduled events.
Reasons WP-Cron events can miss their schedule
- Low traffic websites may not trigger the event runner often enough
- A fatal error caused by a plugin or theme may break the event runner
- A plugin or theme may intentionally or unintentionally break the event runner
- BasicAuth, a firewall, or other access restrictions may block the event runner
- A problem with your web hosting or web server may break the event runner
- The
DISABLE_WP_CRONconfiguration constant is set but no alternative cron runner has been put in place - Long-running events may temporarily block th…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
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Changelog
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1.1.4
Release Date: 29th April, 2025
- Fixed: Wrong Settings URL.
- Fixed: PHPCS Issues.
- Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.9.2.
- Minimum WordPress supported version is now 6.5.0.
- Tested up to WordPress 6.8.
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