MultiSite System Cron
For WordPress MultiSite installs, allows accurate and private system crontab requests instead of classic WP-Cron.
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, MultiSite System Cron is a WordPress cron plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
5/52 reviews
10active installs
2.8K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
The WordPress Cron implementation needs web visits to be triggered regularly.
If you don’t want to depend on the possible visits, or need a more accurate cron requests, it’s easy to setup the Linux crontab to replace the WP-Cron system.
Simply disable the WP-Cron adding the constant DISABLE_WP_CRON to the wp-config.php file, and create a new crontab line with wget or curl commands fetching the wp-cron.php URL of your blog.
But for WordPress MultiSite installs you will need one crontab line for each blog and, if you have many blogs, it is not simple to maintain and configure all the cron calls.
Also, there is a risk to overlap requests, possibly affecting server performance or WordPress behaviour.
The aim of this plugin is to provide a method to implement Linux cron requests fo…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3.2+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0
Release Date: July 14th, 2015
- First and tested released until WordPress 4.2.2
- Tested code from WordPress 3.3.2 version.
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