As of April 2026, WP Utility Script Runner is a WordPress cron plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
5/51 reviews
90active installs
3.5K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Sometimes, you run into a situation where you just need to manually run a script. The actual logic might be as simple as generating a csv from a query, or changing a user’s settings, or even just running a single line of SQL. WordPress makes this difficult.
There are many hacky solutions to the problem, but most of them lack security or are too difficult for anyone but a developer to run or just take too long to build. That’s where we come in.
WP Utility Script Runner lets you start with a simple 17 line template, add in your custom code, save to the server, and in minutes you have a secure, fully featured utility, that you can safely run from the WordPress dashboard.
But that’s not all! With a few extra lines of code, your utility can:
- Accept user input
- Accept file inp…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
08/29/2018 – 1.1.0
- Bugfix for form fields with hyphens in name improperly serializing
Contributors
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