WP Lister Cron Error – wplister_update_auctions

Hi @heatpumps4pools

Thanks for reaching out to us.

Whenever using an internal cron job and issues arise with the cron job and WP-Lister, we recommend simply setting up an external cron job for WP-Lister. An exteranl cron job is more reliable way to manage the cron job, and should resolve these issues.

You can read here, how to set up an external cron job for WP-Lister.

Kind regards,
John

thanks for the reply

I setup an external cron job on the server using the command

wget -q -O – https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks >/dev/null 2>&1

I set it to run for twice per hour

However when I look under the plugin general settings page > Update Schedule, it says

“Last run: 2 months ago ”

so I dont think it is working

If I manually put this URL into a browser,.

https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks

it just shows “0”

does this mean it is working or failed?

I am using this plugin on two sites and both have the same error and I receive the same error email every day for both sites

I also recently moved both sites to a new hosting platform. These errors were occuring before and are still occuring after the hosting move and so I dont think it is hosting related

please advise how I can resolve this and get the plugin working

thank you

Hi @heatpumps4pools

That would indicate the cron job is not working properly.

Unfortunately, due to every server setup/configuration being different, your best bet is to reach out to your host and have them look at that external cron job to determine why it is not firing.

For example, I have seen a few cases where some hosts did not have the “wget”command installed and that stopped our cron job from working. This required the host to modify our cron job command.

The cron job command in our documentation works for all of our users. If it is not firing for you, you have to reach out to your host, as it is related to the server.

I have never witnessed a single case where our cron job command did not work on a site/server, and it was something related to our documentation/command, it is always related to the server configuration.

Kind regards,
John

Hi

this isssue is still not resolved and the external cron is still not working for the WPLister plugin

I contacted the hosting company as advised to check if the cron job is running

they confirmed that it is running ok

here is an extract from the server logs

2022-10-01 06:00:01.000383 CMD: u1455-jbwcxo1xcuge wget -q -O - https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks >/dev/null 2>&1 

2022-10-01 06:30:01.000597 CMD: u1455-jbwcxo1xcuge wget -q -O - https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks >/dev/null 2>&1 

2022-10-01 07:00:01.000621 CMD: u1455-jbwcxo1xcuge wget -q -O - https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks >/dev/null 2>&1 

2022-10-01 07:30:01.000222 CMD: u1455-jbwcxo1xcuge wget -q -O - https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks >/dev/null 2>&1

however the WPLister plugin still reports that it has not run for 2-months

if I put the following into a browser

https://heatpumps4pools.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wplister_run_scheduled_tasks

then it returns either:-

“There has been a critical error on this website.”

OR

“0”

please try it yourself

Please advise why the task is not working either with an external cron or using the WPCron.

How can I get it to work?

thank you

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• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).