Best scheduled tasks plugins for WordPress
The most popular scheduled tasks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ModuleFest Cron Monitor leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of Re{code} Cron Viewer (fewer than 10) and AMG Labs Cron Inspector (fewer than 10). All 8 plugins tagged “scheduled tasks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 scheduled tasks plugins
- 1.
ModuleFest Cron MonitorThe most installed scheduled tasks plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Re{code} Cron ViewerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
AMG Labs Cron InspectorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
CronWatchFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
Cron GuardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
TaskBeaconFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Harvify Cron MonitorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
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ABC Bits Cron MonitorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “scheduled tasks”
ModuleFest Cron Monitor
#50,095by modulefest4 days ago
See what WP-Cron is doing: profile every scheduled task, stop overlapping runs, recover stalled tasks and drive cron from a real scheduler.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Re{code} Cron Viewer
#55,381by re{code}commerce9 months ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin to view and debug all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AMG Labs Cron Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:11,394#61,161by amglabs2 months ago
A lightweight admin tool to inspect, monitor, and manually trigger WordPress cron events.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CronWatch
Up in the last 7 days:10,068#62,172by joncphillips16 days ago
Watches WP-Cron: records every scheduled event's runs and tells you when one is missed, fails, gets stuck, or runs slow.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cron Guard
Up in the last 7 days:937#65,969by chillichalli4 months ago
Monitor WP Cron health, detect stalled or missed cron jobs, and get actionable guidance to fix issues.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TaskBeacon
#67,161by Roopesh.Bahree7 days ago
Monitor WordPress scheduled tasks and background processes from one simple dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 38/day
Harvify Cron Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:5,375#67,315by harv1 day ago
Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot WordPress cron — with execution history, overdue/missed/broken-cron detection, and Action Scheduler visibility.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ABC Bits Cron Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:17,988#68,053by abcbits1 month ago
Monitor WP-Cron activity with a local cron run log, run counts, and recent gap details.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day