Wordpress Wordpress crontab

Hi,

Just looking at the crontab entry that is created automatically when WP is installed (option 22). Just wondering how come the cron entry is disabled by default "#"?

Code:

#*/15 * * * * sleep 307s ; wget -O - -q -t 1 http://domain.tld/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1 > /dev/null 2>&1

 

Understood. What URL to curl/wget or method do you recommend to generate traffic on each website every 15 minutes or so just to ensure the native cron actually executes.

 

Oh, so you mean that the cron (uncommented) works for you? Just not for some users? What is the best way to see if it's not working? Like is there some kind on error?

 

Awesome! For existing sites I presume we will just need to manually fix the cron entries?

 

Oh and it looks like we need to append

Code:

define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true); 

In the wp-config.php if using a real cron

 

@eva2000 is it possible to please prompt the users during the wordpress install (option 22) if they want to run:

1. System cron (Recommended)
2. Default wp-cron.php

It is recommended across the board to disable the wp-cron.php and just run it from the crontab every 6 hours or so.

 

Just touching base to see if you had any further thoughts on this?