Best cron plugins for WordPress

WP Crontrol

Up in the last 7 days:1#169

by Syed Balkhi24 days ago

Take control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol.

Advanced Cron Manager

Up in the last 7 days:3#1,037

by Kuba Mikita8 months ago

View, pause, remove, edit and add WP Cron events and schedules.

Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner

Up in the last 7 days:1#1,110

by WPBeginner7 months ago

Are your scheduled posts missing their publication times? Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher effectively resolves the 'missed scheduled post' …

Transients Manager

Down in the last 7 days:2#1,216

by Syed Balkhi2 years ago

Provides a familiar interface to view, search, edit, and delete Transients.

Action Scheduler

Up in the last 7 days:1#1,371

by Automattic1 month ago

Action Scheduler - Job Queue for WordPress

Missed Schedule Post Publisher

Down in the last 7 days:16#2,779

by ufukart5 days ago

🎯 Never miss scheduled posts again! Automatically publishes missed scheduled posts on time, every time. Zero bloat, single purpose, reliable.

WP-Cron Status Checker

Down in the last 7 days:7#3,159

by webheadcoder19 days ago

If WP-Cron runs important things for you, you better make sure WP-Cron always runs!

Revisionize

Down in the last 7 days:4#3,453

by jamiechong5 years ago

Draft up revisions of live, published content. The live content doesn't change until you publish the revision manually or with the scheduling system.

Cron Jobs

Down in the last 7 days:24#4,436

by Ariel10 months ago

Easily manage and monitor your WordPress cron jobs from a clean, intuitive interface.

TAO Schedule Update

#4,897

by Syberspace8 years ago

Take a copy of an arbitrary post/page/cpt, change it and make it replace the original post at a given date and time in the future.

Cron Logger

Down in the last 7 days:15#5,496

by Palasthotel GmbH1 month ago

Logs wp-cron.php runs.

WP-Cron Control

Up in the last 7 days:14#5,792

by Automattic9 years ago

This plugin allows you to take control over the execution of cron jobs.

Cron Setup and Monitor

Down in the last 7 days:20#6,429

by berkux2 months ago

Manage cron jobs, monitor tasks, retry failures, and send email alerts when something goes wrong.

WP Cron HTTP Auth

Up in the last 7 days:40#6,496

by Jeff Starr3 days ago

Enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.

Cronjob Scheduler

Down in the last 7 days:14#7,216

by chrispage16 years ago

Cronjob Scheduler allows you to automate regular tasks and actions within your WordPress installation!

Uptime Monitoring for WordPress

Up in the last 7 days:13#9,085

by santerref11 days ago

Free SSL, domain expiry and cron monitors in WordPress. Connect a free account for external uptime checks every 5 minutes and email alerts.

WP Cron Cleaner

Down in the last 7 days:50#9,350

by Younes JFR.2 months ago

View all your cron scheduled tasks, then clean what you want.

Debug Bar Cron

Down in the last 7 days:16#9,560

by Zack Tollman13 years ago

Debug Bar Cron adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WP scheduled events.

Controlled Draft Publisher

Down in the last 7 days:100#10,969

by techygeekshome1 month ago

Publishes draft posts on a configurable interval per post type, with optional publishing-window/weekend restrictions and email alerts.

Snack Missed Schedule

Down in the last 7 days:15#12,449

by BoUk2 months ago

Uses separate recurring cron task to check for missed schedules.

Easycron

Down in the last 7 days:28#12,747

by EasyCron3 years ago

Utilize EasyCron's API to configure a cron job that will trigger WordPress's cron script (wp-cron.php) periodically.

Cron Tasks Viewer

Down in the last 7 days:77#12,963

by Roy Orbitson1 year ago

Displays all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.

Improved Cron

Down in the last 7 days:70#13,242

by CPK Web Solutions11 years ago

Keep WP-Cron running every minute for scheduled tasks without actually using Cron.

amr cron manager

Up in the last 7 days:33#13,990

by anmari6 years ago

Overview of wp cron jobs in the site's timezone. The lists show if the action exists and any arguments to the cron job.

Luzid Backup to Nextcloud

Up in the last 7 days:604#14,001

by luzidmedia7 months ago

Upload WordPress backup files to Nextcloud via WebDAV, with optional rotation and retention management.

Scheduled Posts Issue Fixer

Up in the last 7 days:218#14,796

by Optimist Hub1 month ago

Fixes the WordPress "missed schedule" error. Posts that miss their scheduled time publish automatically via a lightweight cron job.

DBC Backup 2

Down in the last 7 days:5#16,339

by Damien Saunders13 years ago

DBC Backup 2 is a safe & simple way to schedule regular WordPress database backups using the wp-cron batch jobs.

AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions

Down in the last 7 days:46#16,918

by Markus Echterhoff6 years ago

Email notifications done right. No BCC lists, no added page load time, better performance.

WP Delay Cron

Down in the last 7 days:49#17,263

by computermagic10 years ago

Prevent cron from running every time a page is viewed. Good for high traffic sites.

Delete Spam Daily

Up in the last 7 days:168#18,175

by brockangelo17 years ago

Uses wp_cron to delete comments each day that are marked "spam" in the database.

Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus

#18,279

by David Baumwald1 year ago

An UpdraftPlus extension to remove the 'DISABLE_WP_CRON' admin notice if the site is using a server cron.

WP Utility Script Runner

Up in the last 7 days:114#18,328

by Bytes.co8 years ago

Create custom scripts and manage them directly from the WordPress Dashboard. Schedule scripts, handle user input, download reports, and more.

GLOBUS Debug Control

Down in the last 7 days:31#19,456

by Yevhen Leonidov6 months ago

WordPress debug toolkit: filter errors, toggle WP_DEBUG, view error logs, monitor cron, transients, HTTP requests, and more.

Scheduled Post Guardian

Down in the last 7 days:336#19,695

by Mark Jaquith2 years ago

Watches over scheduled posts, and makes sure they don't miss their scheduled time

Run External Crons

Down in the last 7 days:67#20,038

by Milan Dinić14 years ago

Use WordPress internal cron system to hit external URLs on a scheduled basis.

Revision Strike

Up in the last 7 days:490#21,908

by Steve Grunwell9 years ago

Periodically purge old post revisions via WP Cron.

Cron View

Down in the last 7 days:182#22,846

by drmaxim11 years ago

Displays all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.

Optimize Database

Down in the last 7 days:429#23,926

by Joshua Fredrickson7 months ago

Automatically optimize your database daily.

WP-Auto-Publish

Up in the last 7 days:111#24,033

by flashcol8 years ago

Automatic batch timing post. 灵活设定自动批量定时发布文章。

Trigger Scheduled Events

Down in the last 7 days:306#27,154

by Scott Nelle12 years ago

Trigger any scheduled event now instead of waiting until WP cron tells it to run. Handy for debugging.

ShieldClimb

Down in the last 7 days:201#28,240

by ShieldClimb2 months ago

Fix Pending and Past-due Tasks for WooCommerce – Speed up order processing, prevent stuck scheduled tasks, and optimize performance.

Utopia Cron

Down in the last 7 days:110#28,610

by Now 'utopiamech'18 years ago

Makes it easy to set up (semi)-timed page load events without messing with cron or other third-party timing scripts.

Clear Debug.log Cron

Down in the last 7 days:706#29,065

by salocined14 years ago

This plugin will automatically delete the debug.log file generated by Wordpress in wp-content.

Multisite Postie CRON Creator

Up in the last 7 days:82#29,461

by Rick Hellewell3 years ago

The Postie plugin doesn't always grab new mail, especially on lower-volume sites. So this plugin creates a CRON command line to force Postie &#03 …

AMPM Queue Manager for Action Scheduler

Down in the last 7 days:335#30,104

by Marcelo Pedra3 months ago

Manage Action Scheduler queue resources, inspect its status, run due actions, and clean old records from a focused settings panel.

WST Post Expiration

Up in the last 7 days:893#30,577

by webtatsu1 month ago

Set an expiration date and time on a post. Once that time passes, the post is moved back to draft automatically.

0 Day Analytics

Down in the last 7 days:1,382#30,967

by Golemiq1 month ago

All-in-one WordPress debug & operations toolkit: error log manager, PHP fatal tracker, cron & transient manager, mail logger, traffic analytic …

kombat-optimizer

Up in the last 7 days:61#31,543

by d_alinus20045 months ago

WebP optimizer for WordPress/WooCommerce with scan, cron, and TTFB tools in a fast tabbed interface.

LH Clear Debug Log by Cron

Up in the last 7 days:684#32,003

by shawfactor4 years ago

A simple plugin that clears the debug log by the cron schedule when it gets too big.

Hwinote ROP Scheduler

Up in the last 7 days:581#32,098

by hwinote27 days ago

Automatically refresh older posts based on configurable intervals and a daily update limit.