I just spent way too much time trying to troubleshoot why my wp-cron job wasn't running. It seems, under 4.9.8, the only way to run cron is by calling the wp-cron.php file as a URL.
The docs say though, that it should run on page loads, though I can't locate where. Any help, please?
I just spent way too much time trying to troubleshoot why my wp-cron job wasn't running. It seems, under 4.9.8, the only way to run cron is by calling the wp-cron.php file as a URL.
The docs say though, that it should run on page loads, though I can't locate where. Any help, please?
Share Improve this question asked Dec 7, 2018 at 8:56 DrazisilDrazisil 1034 bronze badges 2 |1 Answer
Reset to default 2The WordPress cron is run by the wp_cron() function, which is hooked to run on the init hook, which runs on every page load.
wp_cron() is defined in wp-includes/cron.php and hooked in wp-includes/default-filters.php.
The wp_cron() function kicks off a wp_remote_post() request to /wp-cron.php. Some server configurations prevent scripts sending a request to the same domain like this however, so as an alternative you can set the ALTERNATE_WP_CRON constant to true. When enabled this redirects the user to the current URL but with ?doing_wp_cron= added to the URL, instead of the post request.
DISABLE_WP_CRONdefined in wp-config? – Krzysiek Dróżdż Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 9:02