Title: Spawn – Cron Health Check
Author: Andrew Mead
Published: <strong>September 25, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 25, 2026

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# Spawn – Cron Health Check

 By [Andrew Mead](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewmead/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/spawn-cron-health-check.1.0.7.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/spawn-cron-health-check/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/spawn-cron-health-check/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spawn-cron-health-check/)

## Description

Spawn gives you an easy way to verify that WP-Cron is working correctly on your 
WordPress site.

First, Spawn checks your site environment. It verifies that WP-Cron is enabled. 
It also verifies that you don’t have overdue events that are unable to run.

Second, Spawn tests that it can schedule and run a real cron event.

This is a completely free plugin. There is no pro version. There are no locked features.

## Screenshots

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## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Spawn – Cron Health Check” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Andrew Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewmead/)

[Translate “Spawn – Cron Health Check” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/spawn-cron-health-check)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spawn-cron-health-check/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/spawn-cron-health-check/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/spawn-cron-health-check/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/spawn-cron-health-check/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.7

 * Updated banner and screenshot; added deploy script.

#### 1.0.6

 * Added plugin banner.

#### 1.0.5

 * Refreshed plugin assets.

#### 1.0.4

 * The step list is now the report: checks are grouped into Environment and Cron
   test and update in place.

#### 1.0.3

 * Report-style results panel with per-step explanations and overdue event details.

#### 1.0.2

 * Rename plugin to Spawn – Cron Health Check.

#### 1.0.1

 * Hide admin notices on the Cron Health Check screen.
 * Redirect to the Cron Health Check page after activation.
 * UI refinements.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.7**
 *  Last updated **20 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [cron](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cron/)[debugging](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debugging/)
   [site health](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/site-health/)[wp cron](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-cron/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/spawn-cron-health-check/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Andrew Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewmead/)

## Support

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