wp-cron.php security

Writable by what user?

Yes, don’t do that.

WP cron isn’t an actual cron job in the traditional sense, but rather a fake cron that runs on a schedule. You hook functions into actions that are triggered at a set interval. I started with this article: https://wpengineer.com/1908/use-wordpress-cron/ and just keep at it until I got it working. I’ve been meaning to write a cron management plugin forever but haven’t gotten around to it.

You can use this nice lightweight plugin to view what “cron” jobs are set up in WordPress: https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/cron-view/

So what should I do about my media temple wp-cron? it seems to be getting stuck so I am trying to get the cron job to run it for me.

Media Temple is your host right? What do you mean their wp-cron? Could you be a little more detailed as to exactly what’s going on? You’re trying to run a linux cron job right?

Hey there Steve, thanks for being a (mt) Media Temple customer :). I don’t think I understand the problem 100% but I wanted to let you know that we have a WordPress Evangelist on Twitter now! You can reach Suzette at @mt_suzette. I can’t make any promises but she might be able to help you out :).

Drew J
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