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Cron Jobs: Everything That Matters, Briefly Print

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THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT ON OUR SERVERS

HTTP wp-cron is blocked fleet-wide.

WordPress needs the HTTP method disabled in wp-config.php and a real cron job in cPanel.

Without it, scheduled posts, updates, backups and WooCommerce actions silently stop.

WHAT SCHEDULE

Every fifteen minutes for most sites. Every five for an active shop.

WHAT GOES WRONG MOST

A wrong or relative path, so nothing runs Both the HTTP method and a cron job active Jobs not recreated after a migration Output filling the disk

FOR PATHS

Always absolute, from your home directory.

FOR OUTPUT

Keep it on while testing. Suppress it or log it afterwards.

A job running every fifteen minutes emails you ninety-six times a day.

HOW TO VERIFY

Schedule a post and see whether it publishes.

Check WooCommerce scheduled actions for a pending backlog.

WHAT TO MONITOR

That the effect happens, not that the job exists.

Cron failures are silent.

WHAT TO CHECK AFTER A COMPROMISE

The full job list. Attackers use cron for persistence.


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