wp-cron keeps giving a 404 error

  • Hi, I have the backwpup plugin that is supposed to use wp-cron.php to automate backups. The backup can also be initiated with a command line. I disabled the CRON in WordPress and tried to run this backup through the linux command prompt and this is the error I get:

    root@website-1 /dev # wget https://domain.com/wp-cron.php?_nonce=3a16d580&backwpup_run=runext&jobid=1
    [1] 4739
    [2] 4740
    root@website-1 /dev # –2016-01-08 10:45:52– https://domain.com/wp-cron.php?_nonce=3a16d580
    Resolving domain.com (domain.com)… x.x.x.x
    Connecting to domain.com (domain.com)|x.x.x.x|:80… connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
    2016-01-08 10:45:52 ERROR 404: Not Found.

    (the domain and IPs have been masked out)

    I tried using another plugin and that also prompted me that there are approximately 350+ scheduled tasks that are not running. I can see the wp-cron.php file in the folder list but it does not run. Any ideas?

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  • Hello, if you would start a backup job you can use WP-CLI with BackWPup to start a backup job with cron.

    Else you chould use the externl Link configuration to start the job with wget!

    Thread Starter hpb1980

    (@hpb1980)

    Hi Daniel, let me give that a shot and see if it works. I’ll post here if I face problems.

    Thread Starter hpb1980

    (@hpb1980)

    @daniel, is there some documentation around using WP-CLI for Backwpup?

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