How To Set Up a Regular Run of wp-cron.php with WordPress Toolkit

Introduction

The purpose of this article is to provide guidance on setting up a regular run of wp-cron.php with WordPress Toolkit.

Procedure

You can disable the regular WordPress cron and instead run the WordPress Toolkit cron regularly instead.

1. In cPanel » WordPress Toolkit, choose the WordPress installation you want to disable the default wp-cron.php execution.
2. Turn on “Take over wp-cron.php” on the installation card.

WordPress Toolkit will automaticall create a replacement scheduled task. It will now run wp-cron.php every 30 minutes by default.

In the following cases, you may not need a replacement task:

• You already have or planning to have your own replacement task.
• You do not need any replacement task because running wp-cron.php has a negative impact on your website.

To choose not to create a replacement task or delete the one already created by WordPress Toolkit, click the tuning icon and turn off “Create a replacement task when takeover is initiated”.

(Optional) You may want to run wp-cron.php on a different schedule. To do so, click the tuning icon and, next to “Create a replacement task…”, click the tuning icon. This will open a new Plesk tab with scheduled tasks. Change the default 30-minute interval, and then save changes.