Best crons plugins for WordPress

The most popular crons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Cron per Action leads with 10+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “crons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 1 crons plugins

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WP Cron per Action
The most installed crons plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

All 1 plugins tagged “crons”

WP Cron per Action
Up in the last 7 days:6,639#39,679
by miunosoft10 years ago
Ensures that wp-cron.php is loaded per executing action to avoid exceeding the PHP's maximum execution time.
Installs
10+
Rating
–
Downloads
0/day