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.
That url listed worked for me but you can try other suggested urls from google-fu foo to see which works for you
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?
Ah that makes me feel better. I was having an issue with it, after some experimenting...removing the "=1" Code: */15 * * * * sleep 307s ; wget -O - -q -t 1 http://domain.tld/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron > /dev/null 2>&1 Deleting that portion allowed my autoupdate checks in Ninjafirewall to trigger though. Googling I couldn't really find concise information about why the =1 was added. The only info I found seemed to indicate that =1xxxx sometimes happens when the url is given a post id? Anyway, will removing the =1 portion cause any problems?
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
Just gonna add that while this was giving me issues and until I was able to figure out that removing the =1 would get wp-cron.php to fire. I found a post that suggested using an uptime monitor to fire wp-cron.php by using http://domain.tld/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron as your uptime monitor url (for something like Pingdom) I thought that was a pretty nifty idea and it worked great until I pinpointed why the cronjob wasnt working. Currently, using both just cause Pingdom has been having some issues lately, but may just delete the cronjob?
nifty idea indeed yes you'd need to do that too - centmin.sh menu option 22 sets the value to false, so just change to true
@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.
nothing from my end right now - you'd have to manually enable system cron run for wordpress cron if you opt for such
looks like we need it like this */15 * * * * sleep 512s ; cd /home/nginx/domains/domain.com/public; php -q wp-cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1 source: Disabling the wp-cron.php in WordPress - InMotion Hosting
use what works for you, @Gavin reported this works for him https://community.centminmod.com/threads/wordpress-crontab.11577/#post-49385