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1. blueyonder
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   We are having an issue with the Start Date/Time for the Polls not working. This morning, the poll was set for 2:35 a.m., but I still had to go in and manually open the poll since it was not open by 7:00 am. Is there a way to fix this and have the polls start automatically when the Start Date/Time is set for?

   Thanks

2. GamerZ
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   That depends on your server actually. As WP uses pseudo cron and if your server is blocking the execution of wp-cron.php, the poll will not start/end of time.

   Having said so, I tested the scripts and this feature work 100% as it should.

3. blueyonder
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thanks! I will ask my hosting people if they block it.

4. GamerZ
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Do a search on wp-cron or wp-cron.php and I think you should find similar problems when the cron is not being executed.

5. blueyonder
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I talked to my host and they said that they do not block wp-cron. Hm. Any way I can fix this myself?

   Thanks!

6. blueyonder
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I looked up wp-cron and most people seem to be having problems with it and scheduling future posts. We can schedule future posts no problem. I wonder if that is really our problem.

   Thanks for all your help!

7. GamerZ
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hmm, you want to try to uninstall WP-Polls via WP-Admin -> Polls -> Uninstall Polls?

   If not see if you can install a fresh copy of WP with WP-Polls somewhere in your server to test it.

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