Best wp 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress

Up in the last 7 days:47#14,300

by Sayan Datta1 year ago

The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.

FastCron

Down in the last 7 days:20#15,178

by fastcron8 months ago

This plugin will set up a free cronjob at FastCron to run your wp-cron.php file automatically. Completely free, no registration required.

WP Crontrol Hours

Up in the last 7 days:46#21,412

by Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative1 year ago

Take control of your CRON jobs by restricting them to your website's low traffic hours.

Cron View

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

by drmaxim11 years ago

Displays all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.

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.

Version Cloak

Up in the last 7 days:269#29,664

by nextdoorentertainment4 months ago

Hide or decoy plugin, theme and core versions from scanners. Neutralize XML-RPC and lock down WP-Cron.

WP Cron Pixie

#32,500

by ianmjones2 months ago

A little dashboard widget to view the WordPress cron.

What The Cron

#37,336

by Gilbert Pellegrom7 years ago

Is my WordPress cron running? What The Cron answers that question.

DMValdez Cron Auditor

Up in the last 7 days:6,160#39,190

by donaldmvaldez3 months ago

See every WP-Cron job on your site in one dashboard, run or pause any of them on demand, and track how long each one actually takes to run.

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.

Manual Cron

Up in the last 7 days:1,059#40,519

by Viktor Szépe11 years ago

Triggers WP-cron from a Dashboard widget and displays output.

Change WP Cron Request URL

#44,384

by PRESSMAN6 years ago

This plugin changes the request url when wp-cron executed.

Tuyul Ninja

#45,043

by nusagates5 years ago

Tuyul Ninja enables you to send wordpress post to available providers via cronjob.

360 Orbit Staging Guard

#53,280

by Jörg Liwa8 days ago

Keeps a staging copy from doing anything real: blocks outgoing calls, catches emails, pauses scheduled tasks, keeps search engines away.

StallRadar Past-Due Monitor for Action Scheduler

Up in the last 7 days:18,348#54,183

by hamzanaimat1 month ago

Seeing "past-due actions found; something may be wrong"? This tells you which plugin caused it, why the queue stopped, and how to fix it.

Cronheart

Down in the last 7 days:362#54,362

by cronheart2 days ago

Dead-man-switch monitoring for WP-Cron: a site heartbeat plus start, success and fail pings per event. Get alerted when scheduled jobs stop running.

Re{code} Cron Viewer

#55,381

by re{code}commerce9 months ago

A lightweight WordPress plugin to view and debug all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.

SP Cron Viewer

Up in the last 7 days:3,937#55,386

by saurabh18105 months ago

Securely view and manage scheduled WordPress cron events from Tools -> SP Cron Viewer.

Kotaqx Poster

#56,255

by Kotak Digital9 months ago

Automatically recover missed scheduled posts and repost content to Telegram, Discord, Twitter/X, Facebook, Threads, and more.

CronWatch

Up in the last 7 days:3,552#57,274

by joncphillips15 days ago

Watches WP-Cron: records every scheduled event's runs and tells you when one is missed, fails, gets stuck, or runs slow.

Cron Pulse

Up in the last 7 days:9,911#57,898

by Farhan Ali2 months ago

See every WP-Cron job's status, schedule, and run history at a glance — debug failures, catch overdue jobs, and trigger any hook manually.

CronVitals

Up in the last 7 days:8,230#58,015

by codynaut11 days ago

Cron job monitoring for WordPress. Know when a WP-Cron job fails, misses its run, or dies on a PHP fatal, with the error and an email alert.

ABC Bits Cron Monitor

#59,042

by abcbits1 month ago

Monitor WP-Cron activity with a local cron run log, run counts, and recent gap details.

Spawn

Down in the last 7 days:3,611#61,882

by Andrew Mead1 month ago

One click to verify that WP-Cron is working correctly on your WordPress site

ModuleFest Cron Monitor

Up in the last 7 days:6,374#62,203

by modulefest3 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.

Faultwright

Up in the last 7 days:2,632#63,166

by Emtiaz Zahid1 day ago

Every PHP error, JavaScript error, failed cron job, failed email and failed update on one screen, explained in plain English, with what changed.

Cronjob.de

#63,433

by cronjobde26 days ago

Run WP-Cron on a fixed schedule instead of on page views – set up in two minutes, with a safe fallback and an optional heartbeat.

Decoded Site Diagnostics

Up in the last 7 days:2,091#63,501

by decodedbrand1 month ago

Understand your WordPress health, performance, security and WP-Cron status with clear, actionable explanations.

Team Reminder for Clubs

#64,954

by neutcomp1 month ago

Manage dated reminders for teams and send notification emails a configurable number of days before each reminder date.

Asyncra Queue Triage for Action Scheduler

#65,323

by hamzaahmadaslam2 days ago

See why Action Scheduler jobs fail or stall: failures grouped by hook and error, past-due actions, stuck runs and table sizes. Read-only.

TaskBeacon

#65,367

by Roopesh.Bahree6 days ago

Monitor WordPress scheduled tasks and background processes from one simple dashboard.

Harvify Cron Monitor

Down in the last 7 days:5,375#67,315

by harv14 days ago

Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot WordPress cron — with execution history, overdue/missed/broken-cron detection, and Action Scheduler visibility.

CronEngine

Up in the last 7 days:461#70,232

by CronEngine9 days ago

Run WP-Cron on a real schedule. Scheduled posts, emails and backups run on time, even when nobody visits your site.

ScheduleLens

Up in the last 7 days:692#71,459

by Monowar Hossain (devmonowar)8 days ago

See all scheduled jobs, catch overdue tasks, run or pause events, and check cron health - lightweight, admin-only, 100% free.

Snagbane Cron Monitor

Down in the last 7 days:8#71,651

by snagbane1 month ago

Tells a genuinely stuck WP-Cron apart from a quiet site that simply had no visitors -- instead of crying wolf, or saying nothing at all.

Cron Guard

#71,985

by chillichalli4 months ago

Monitor WP Cron health, detect stalled or missed cron jobs, and get actionable guidance to fix issues.

Cron Scheduler

Down in the last 7 days:876#72,512

by Juanjo Rubio1 year ago

A WordPress plugin to easily adjust the frequency of cron jobs with a user-friendly interface.

Nariyanto Cron Diagnostics

Down in the last 7 days:793#73,016

by nariyanto5 months ago

Find duplicate, stuck, and suspicious WordPress cron events before they cause support issues.

Cron Monitor

#73,935

by Mac25 days ago

See what every WordPress cron job did, get alerted when one fails or stops, and clean up duplicate and leftover events.