adamtoth

This didn’t work for me on a WordPress site hosted on Windows Azure Web Sites.

When I chose a certificate, or had one created automatically, the boxes on the general tab disappeared, and I got errors on the metadata page about not finding the key file. On the Service Provider tab, there is no link to download the key file, or any indication that a key file has been specified.

There is no apparent way to remove the certs and start clean.

After deleting the plugin and its upload directory and attempting again, I got a little closer. By using the /adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignOn.aspx page, I was able to select my service provider, was prompted for credentials, and then was redirected to the home page of the blog (not/wp-admin), in a logged out state. When attempting to change the url to /wp-admin, I get the error that my password is not correct for the account I am logging in with. I had precreated a WordPress user with the same username and email address as my AD account.

Ok, I think I’ve figured out what was going on.

I believe my hosting provider has disabled loopbacks on my server. If this is the case, then cron jobs in wordpress will fail (the WP-CronTrol plugin will display the message I posted above). To get around this, you can add the following line in wp-config:

define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);

Once I added that, the floodgates opened and my previously scheduled backup jobs ran.

Thanks!

My site is not behind a username/password.

I installed WP-CronTrol. It lists several standard scheduled events, such as wp_version_check, wp_update_plugins, etc.

When I click the Backup Now button, a new one-time event is placed, but is never executed. When I click the Run Now link, nothing happens either (although the page says “Successfully executed the cron entry…”.

At the top of WP-CronTrol page, I get the following error message:

There was a problem spawning a call to the WP-Cron system on your site. This means WP-Cron jobs on your site may not work. The problem was:
Operation timed out after 3015 milliseconds with 0 bytes received

I do receive notifications in the UI when there are new WordPress or plugin updates available, so I believe the scheduler is working.