Description

With Advanced Cron Manager you can manage WP Cron events:

view all registered events
search events
execute manually any event
add new events
pause events
delete (unschedule) events
ready-to-copy-paste PHP implementation for each event
bulk actions on events
block WP Cron spawning and get instructions how to set Server Scheduler

and schedules:

view all registered schedules
add new schedules
edit schedules
remove schedules

Plugin use AJAX request so you’ll need enabled Javascript in order to use it.

Advanced Cron Manager PRO

PRO version includes

Cron Logger – log cron’s execution times easily

Events rescheduling – change event next execution date to control server load

Error catcher – catch cron task’s fatal errors and get them displayed in the log

Performance stats – see how much time and memory particular event took

Debug tool – log any useful informations from Cron callback

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Informations about WP Cron

Please remember – after deactivation of this plugin added Schedules will be not available. Added Events will still work.

Important – WordPress Cron is depended on the User. WP Cron fires only on the page visit so it can be inaccurate.

Screenshots

Plugin control panel
Adding, editing and removing Schedule
Adding Event
Event actions
Search and bulk actions
Server Scheduler section

Installation

Download and install this plugin from Plugins -> Add New admin screen.

Plugin’s page sits under Tools menu item.

FAQ

Tasks and schedules will be still working after plugin deactivation/removal?: Tasks yes. Schedules no.
How does the pausing/unpausing work: When you pause an event it’s really unscheduled and stored in the wp_option. If you unpause it, it will be rescheduled. All paused events are rescheduled on plugin uninstall.
What is the Event hook?: It’s used for action. For example if your hook is hook_name you’ll need to add in PHP:
add_action( ‘hook_name’, ‘function_name’ )
Does this plugin allow to add PHP to events like in WP Crontrol plugin?: No. This is not safe. You can, however, copy the sample implementation and paste it into you own plugin or theme’s function.php file.
Can this plugin block WP Cron and help hooking it into Server Cron like WP-Cron Control plugin?: Yes, but WP-Cron Control is quite old and it’s tactics is not needed anymore. Advanced Cron Manager can disable spawning WP Cron on site visit and will give you useful informations about added Server Cron task.

Reviews

Christian Saborio August 9, 2021

I tried a few others for testing my cron events and when I executed them they created a duplicate of my cron event, which caused all kinds of errors. This plugin, on the other hand, executed everything perfectly. The interface is a pleasure to work with as it filters things on the fly, very dynamic. Basically the only cron plugin you need, look no further. Kudos to the devs for a very well-designed plugin!

2E0ELI May 25, 2021

When we moved the site from our home server to a hosting company a plugin of this type became very important to us. Very handy for kicking a scheduled job into life when needed. However, the compatibility checking is lagging a little behind. Looking forward to an update soon when the rating can be upped to 5 star.

Gulshan Kumar February 22, 2021

One of my trusted plugin. Super neat and clean UI. Thanks

falke2 September 14, 2020

admin-ajax.php when trying to create a task Warning: Use of undefined constant nul - assumed 'nul' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-cron-manager/inc/FormProvider.php on line 72 Mistype there: if ( nul === $form_name ) {

darkshines August 21, 2020

I like that it gives responses over ajax not just runs it in the background.

ioannup March 26, 2020

Work like a charm

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Contributors & Developers

“Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

“Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

2.4.1

[Fixed] Composer dev dependencies are now not bundled in the production package
[Fixed] “nul” typo causing fatal errors on newer PHP versions
[Changed] Updated composer dependencies

2.4.0

[Added] Event columns sorting
[Fixed] Cron hook sanitizer doesn’t allow usage of slashes
[Fixed] Update list of protected events
[Fixed] Preserve search when events table rerender
[Changed] Don’t allow to pause protected events

2.3.10

[Fixed] A “Trying to get property ‘hash’ of non-object” warning fix when executed event doesn’t exist anymore
[Added] Action for adding own event row actions

2.3.9

[Fixed] “non-numeric value encountered” error with event arguments
[Fixed] Fatal error when even argument was an object. Now, class name is displayed
[Changed] Now when event is executed manually, DOING_CRON constant is defined

2.3.8

[Fixed] Events table width
[Changed] ACF PRO download link

2.3.7

[Fixed] WordPress <4.7 compatibility

2.3.6

[Fixed] PHP 7.2 compatibility

2.3.5

[Fixed] Fatal error when event argument was an object
[Fixed] Notices
[Fixed] Arguments list in the events table
[Changed] Composer libraries updated
[Changed] Node packages updated
[Added] Plugin action link on Plugins table

= 2.3.4
* [Fixed] wp-hooks script handle, causing the page to not load plugin’s JavaScript

= 2.3.3
* [Changed] JavaScript hooks library which was conflicting with Gutenberg

2.3.2

[Fixed] i18n of Apply button
[Added] Scheduled and Uncheduled actions for events

2.3.1

[Fixed] Array to string conversion error fix for event arguments
[Fixed] Missing old plugin file error fix
[Added] Notification plugin promo box

2.3.0

[Changed] Proper compatibility with PHP 5.3
[Changed] Updated composer libraries
[Changed] Dice Container is not longer used
[Fixed] Problem with nested Composer environment, thanks to @v_decadence
[Fixed] Assets vendor directory

2.2.3

[Added] Compatibility with PHP 5.3 with Dice library
[Changed] PHP 5.6 requirement to PHP 5.3
[Changed] Moved Container to separate file

2.2.2

[Changed] Minimum PHP version to 5.6

2.2.1

[Fixed] Delete file where DI52 container was still used

2.2.0

[Changed] Updated composer libraries
[Changed] Changed DI52 Container to Dice in own namespace
[Added] Server Scheduler section with information about hooking the WP Cron to server scheduler

2.1.2

[Changed] Schedules can be registered in the system with 0s interval, thanks to @barryalbert

2.1.1

[Changed] Requirements lib has been moved to Composer

2.1.0

[Changed] Utilities classes has been moved to separate composer libraries
[Changed] Requirements checks
[Changed] date() function to date_i18n()
[Fixed] Deprecated function has been updated
[Fixed] Translations. There was few missing gettext functions
[Added] Schedules dropdown in add new event form now includes schedule’s slug
[Added] Sanitization of Schedule and Event slugs in Add forms

2.0.0

[Changed] Pretty much everything. There’s new interface and code base.
[Added] Events search
[Added] Ability to pause/unpause events
[Added] Ability to edit schedules
[Added] Example PHP implementation for each event (action and callback function)
[Added] Bulk actions

1.5

[Fixed] Manual execution of task which is giving an errors

1.4.4

[Added] French translation thanks to Laurent Naudier
[Changed] Promo box from Popslide plugin to Notification

1.4.3

Metabox promo update

1.4.1

Fixed executing when args are provided

1.4

Added hooks for PRO version
Removed PHP closing tags
Added settings widget

1.3.2

Fixed arguments passed to the action on AJAX request

1.3

Added promo metabox
WordPress 4.1 comatybility check
Updated translation
Added plugin icon

1.2

Readme improvement
Added execution button
Removed debug alert

1.1

Fixed Schedules list from other plugins

1.0

Plugin relase

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