Best crontrol plugins for WordPress
The most popular crontrol plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Crontrol leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Cron Manager (30K+). All 2 plugins tagged “crontrol” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 crontrol plugins
- 1.
WP CrontrolThe most installed crontrol plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 167 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Advanced Cron Manager30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 39 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “crontrol”
WP Crontrol
Up in the last 7 days:1#169by Syed Balkhi24 days ago
Take control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.4(167)
- Downloads
- 6.7K/day
Advanced Cron Manager
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,037by Kuba Mikita8 months ago
View, pause, remove, edit and add WP Cron events and schedules.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.7(39)
- Downloads
- 185/day