{"id":6122,"date":"2020-03-22T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expertwebtechnologies.com\/?p=6122"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:34:59","slug":"cron-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eoxysit.com\/blogs\/cron-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Cron Job WordPress (WP-Cron)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cron Job WordPress (WP-Cron)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is WordPress Cron Job?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress Cron Job is how WordPress handles scheduling time-based tasks in WordPress.\u201cCron\u201d Means the cron time-based task scheduling system which is available on UNIX systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A WordPress CRON job is a task or action which is scheduled to run automatically at specific intervals. To simplify scheduling tasks, WordPress Cron Scheduling three default intervals and very easy method for adding custom intervals.<br>\nThe default intervals provided by WordPress are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>hourly<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>twicedaily<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>daily<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For adding a custom interval, you can use filter.<br>\nExample custom cron schedule for every 10 Seconds &amp; 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n<span class=\"snip keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"snip function\">CustomCronScheduler<\/span>( $schedules ) {\n&nbsp;&nbsp;if(!<span class=\"snip function\">isset<\/span>($schedules&#91;<span class=\"snip string\">'10sec'<\/span>])){\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$schedules&#91;<span class=\"snip string\">'10sec'<\/span>] = <span class=\"snip keyword\">array<\/span>(\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">'display'<\/span> =&gt; <span class=\"snip string\">__( 'Every 10 Seconds')<\/span>,\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">'interval'<\/span> =&gt; <span class=\"snip number\">10<\/span>,\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);\n&nbsp;&nbsp;}\n&nbsp;&nbsp;if(!<span class=\"snip function\">isset<\/span>($schedules&#91;<span class=\"snip string\">'after10days'<\/span>])){\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$schedules&#91;<span class=\"snip string\">'after10days'<\/span>] = <span class=\"snip keyword\">array<\/span>(\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">'display'<\/span> =&gt; <span class=\"snip string\">__( 'Once in 10 days')<\/span>,\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">'interval'<\/span> =&gt; 10*DAY_IN_SECONDS,\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);\n&nbsp;&nbsp;}\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip keyword\">return<\/span> $schedules;\n}\n<span class=\"snip function\">add_filter<\/span>(<span class=\"snip string\">\u2018cron_schedules\u2019<\/span>,<span class=\"snip string\">\u2018CustomCronScheduler\u2019<\/span> );\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><span class=\"snip function\">wp_schedule_event<\/span>( <span class=\"snip keyword\">int<\/span> $timestamp, <span class=\"snip keyword\">string<\/span> $recurrence, <span class=\"snip keyword\">string<\/span> $hook, <span class=\"snip keyword\">array<\/span> $args = <span class=\"snip keyword\">array<\/span>() );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>wp_schedule_event function Schedules a hook which will be triggered by WordPress at the specified interval. The action will trigger when someone visits your WordPress site if the scheduled time has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\nif (!<span class=\"snip function\">wp_next_scheduled<\/span>(<span class=\"snip string\">'TenDaysCronHook'<\/span>)) {\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip function\">wp_schedule_event<\/span> (<span class=\"snip function\">time<\/span> (), <span class=\"snip string\">\"after10days\"<\/span>, <span class=\"snip string\">'TenDaysCronHook'<\/span>) ;\n}\nif (!<span class=\"snip function\">wp_next_scheduled<\/span> (<span class=\"snip string\">'TensecCronHook'<\/span>)) {\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip function\">wp_schedule_event<\/span> (<span class=\"snip function\">time<\/span> (), <span class=\"snip string\">\"10sec\"<\/span>, <span class=\"snip string\">'TensecCronHook'<\/span>) ;\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n<span class=\"snip keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"snip function\">TenDaysCronFunction<\/span> (){\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">\/\/action u want to perform in every 10 days.<\/span>\n}\n<span class=\"snip function\">add_action<\/span> (<span class=\"snip string\">'TenDaysCronHook'<\/span>,<span class=\"snip string\">'TenDaysCronFunction'<\/span>) ;\n\n<span class=\"snip keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"snip function\">TensecCronFunction<\/span> (){\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"snip string\">\/\/action u want to perform in every 10 sec.<\/span>\n}\n<span class=\"snip function\">add_action<\/span> (<span class=\"snip string\">'TensecCronHook'<\/span>,<span class=\"snip string\">'TensecCronFunction'<\/span>) ;\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cron Job WordPress (WP-Cron) What Is WordPress Cron Job? WordPress Cron Job is how WordPress handles scheduling time-based tasks in WordPress.\u201cCron\u201d Means the cron time-based task scheduling system which is available on UNIX systems. A WordPress CRON job is a task or action which is scheduled to run automatically at specific intervals. 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