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Best cronjob plugins for WordPress

The most popular cronjob plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Cronjob Scheduler leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Cron Tasks Viewer (200+) and FastCron (100+). All 5 plugins tagged “cronjob” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 cronjob plugins

  1. 1.
    Cronjob Scheduler

    The most installed cronjob plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.

  2. 2.
    Cron Tasks Viewer

    200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  3. 3.
    FastCron

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Run External Crons

    60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  5. 5.
    Cron View

    30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

All 5 plugins tagged “cronjob”