[Plugin: Content Scheduler] Posts not expiring? Try this

  • Plugin Author Paul Kaiser

    (@freakingid)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    Some folks have said their posts aren’t expiring. A couple notes:
    1. wp-cron (the mechanism WordPress uses for scheduling) only works when people actually visit your site. If you are testing Content Scheduler on a development site, and you’re only hanging out in the Administration backend, you may never see expiration happen.

    You have to visit a page on your site to trigger wp-cron.

    2. Content Scheduler 0.9 only checks your content for expired dates and times every hour. So again, if you are testing, you have to wait at least an hour before you would see changes.

    I’m working on 0.9.1 now, to allow folks to set their own amount of time between checks.

    3. If you still aren’t seeing expirations happen, try disabling the plugin and reenabling it. This resets the wp-cron scheduling.

    Version 0.9.1 will report on the setting screen whether or not there is a wp-cron problem going on, so you can take action.

    Thanks,
    Paul Kaiser

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/content-scheduler/

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  • Plugin Author Paul Kaiser

    (@freakingid)

    Should be a 0.9.7 update to Content Scheduler 5/9/2011 that *might* fix the problem. I still cannot reproduce the problem, so it is difficult to track down. Hang in there…
    Paul

    Turan

    (@turansadrigmailcom)

    I had a similar problem, posts just didn’t expire on my dev site on localhost. I tried everything listed above, but nothing helped. I started thinking that maybe there’s something wrong with wp-cron as I had problems with some drupal test site and cron earlier. Then I found this discussion:

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/wp-cron-with-htaccess-cron-jobs-not-running

    I tried adding this to my .htaccess file:

    <Files wp-cron.php>
    allow from all
    Satisfy Any
    </Files>

    And the posts started expiring! Just thought this might help someone else too.

    br,
    turan

    Plugin Author Paul Kaiser

    (@freakingid)

    Turan, thanks for the info. This problem has been elusive: Expiration works for many, but for some it just isn’t happening.

    There is a 0.9.8 update I added just before Christmas, and it is button tight as far as wp-cron functions go, but my guess is some folks on some setups will still have troubles.

    Your note helps us with one more thing to check!
    Take care,
    Paul

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