Other ways to schedule work.
EXTERNAL CRON SERVICES
Services that request a URL on a schedule.
Useful where you cannot set a server cron job, and dependent on an external provider.
They are also subject to web server timeouts.
APPLICATION SCHEDULERS
Many applications provide their own, triggered by a single cron job.
That is generally the right pattern: one job, the application decides what runs.
QUEUE WORKERS
Some applications expect a persistent process.
Shared hosting generally does not support that.
A frequent cron job is the usual alternative.
EVENT-DRIVEN ALTERNATIVES
Instead of polling on a schedule, some tasks can be triggered by the event itself.
A webhook when an order is placed, rather than a job checking for new orders.
Frequently better where available.
WHAT NOT TO USE
Visitor-triggered scheduling, which is what WordPress does by default and is blocked here.
WHEN TO ASK US
If an application needs something shared hosting does not provide.
