Does this plugin work with Cpanel cron jobs?

It will work in addition to the cron.php being triggered. Unfortunately GoDaddy has messed with the cron.php and for some reason it doesn’t trigger. What host are you on?

Inmotion Hosting

Also I followed the instructions that the internet suggests where you actually turn OFF WP-cron and then configure the Cpanel cron job to hit the php file on a timer.

the idea is that this is a “real” cron job and can hit it more reliably.

problem is I can’t tell if it’s working or not.

Your thoughts?

Incorrect. It has nothing to do with cron.php or the cron system.

So, I should probably re enable wp-cron in the wp-config file??

Is there any place to get reliable wp advice? Everywhere I look, the info is either obsolete or wrong.

You should enable wp-cron, yes, so WP works correctly. But like I said, my plugin bypasses the cron.

Ok, a better question would be to ask how your plugin works. I was under the impression it needed some kind of cron job to work.

I would like to be able to set a real cron job, somewhere, which can fire off every say 30 minutes, regardless of traffic and trip your plugin to work.

That’s not necessary, and you’re over complicating it. It fires every time the homepage or a single post loads. No cron needed.