{"id":93,"date":"2021-10-14T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T10:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/?post_type=docs_wappo&#038;p=93"},"modified":"2022-01-17T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T14:45:55","slug":"wp-cron","status":"publish","type":"docs_wappo","link":"https:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/docs\/wp-cron\/","title":{"rendered":"Running WordPress scheduled tasks on time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you own a website, <strong>speed and reliability<\/strong> are the 2 parameters you must provide for an optimal user experience; failing to do so will result in losing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For a faster and reliable website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wappointment is designed in a way that long-lasting processes or processes relying on external services are placed in a queue. These processes then can be run later on in a background task, this generates 2 benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Reliability<\/strong>: If for some reason, the process fail, we can try again later instead of just failing immediately and returning a puzzling error to your user. No data is lost, and the process is clean for your user.<\/li><li><strong>Speed<\/strong>: Connecting to an external API or sending emails are processes that may take a few seconds to complete, putting them to process later is perfect for your user, the booking process goes fast and your website is fun to work with.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress has a built-in system to handle our scheduled background tasks. Each of the plugins you have installed on your site may run scheduled tasks in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The default system in WordPress is relying on your site\u2019s traffic, the higher the traffic the bigger the chance your background scheduled tasks will run on time. Now the default system is unreliable and may make your website slow as these tasks will run randomly while your visitors are browsing your website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While setting up a CRON task can be a bit challenging, you will <strong>gain a lot in terms of reliability and page load<\/strong> and therefore business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disable WP Cron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing you\u2019re going to need to do is disable that default system relying on your site\u2019s traffic to trigger scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just edit your wp-config.php at the root of your website, and before the line \u201c<em>\/* That\u2019s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. *\/<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Write the following line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">define(&#039;DISABLE_WP_CRON&#039;, true);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it! It\u2019s disabled, no scheduled tasks will run anymore, which is ok since your system was not working in a reliable way to start with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/edit_wp-config-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/edit_wp-config-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"115\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/edit_wp-config-1.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/docs\/wp-cron\/attachment\/edit_wp-config-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/edit_wp-config-1.png 513w, https:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/edit_wp-config-1-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Edit wp-config.php<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup a real CRON job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on your host, setting up a cron job will be done in a way or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>SiteGround : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/tutorials\/wordpress\/real-cron-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Setup a cron on SiteGround<\/a><\/li><li>WP Engine : <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-cron-wordpress-scheduling\/#WP_Engine_Alternate_Cron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Setup a cron on WP Engine<\/a><\/li><li>Bluehost: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/help\/article\/setup-remove-or-edit-a-cron-job\" target=\"_blank\" type=\"URL\" id=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/help\/article\/setup-remove-or-edit-a-cron-job\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">Setup a cron on bluehost<\/a><\/li><li>DreamHost: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.dreamhost.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360048323291-Disabling-WP-CRON-to-Improve-Overall-Site-Performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Setup a cron on DreamHost<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If it\u2019s too technical for you you can also create a cron job toward the cron url of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup a simple url CRON job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your WordPress\u2019 site has a page which is dedicated to processing scheduled tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your site is<strong> mysite.com<\/strong>, the cron url will be <strong>mysite.com\/wp-cron.php<\/strong> it may be different if your WordPress site is setup in a subfolder for instance <strong>mysite.com\/subfolder\/wp-cron.php<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>now go to <a href=\"https:\/\/cron-job.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/cron-job.org\/<\/a><\/li><li>Sign up for free and<\/li><li>setup a cron job towards your site\u2019s cron url.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now be aware that this service will call your URL frequently, it can be up to once a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s fine but certain hosting company may block those call with their in-house firewall, that&#8217;s the case of BlueHost for instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it! Your scheduled tasks should run smoothly now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":[],"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ben","author_link":"https:\/\/wappoblog.lndo.site\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"When you own a website, speed and reliability are the 2 parameters you must provide for an optimal user experience; failing to do so will result in losing business. 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