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Many shared hosting plans have no cron, and if the external call ever stops, WP-Cron stays switched off without anyone noticing.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin does it safely:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Set up in two minutes.<\/strong> The plugin shows your wp-cron.php address and opens a pre-filled cron job at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cronjob.de\/\">Cronjob.de<\/a> \u2013 you only click \"save\". Five cron jobs are free, without time limit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switches off the visitor trigger only while it is safe.<\/strong> Page views stop triggering WP-Cron as soon as external calls arrive. If they stop, WordPress goes back to the visitor trigger by itself. No editing of wp-config.php.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Works with any external trigger.<\/strong> Calls from a server crontab or another service are detected as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shows the status.<\/strong> Last WP-Cron run, last external call and the number of overdue tasks, under Tools \u2192 Cronjob.de.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optional heartbeat.<\/strong> Every WP-Cron run checks in at a heartbeat address. If the check-ins stop \u2013 for whatever reason \u2013 Cronjob.de alerts you by email (included from the Plus plan, 17.88 \u20ac per year).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Cronjob.de is a cron service from Germany, running since 2003, with servers in the EU only. A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is available.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin works with the service Cronjob.de, operated by Joscha Schultze, Germany.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Links to cronjob.de.<\/strong> The buttons \"Create cron job at Cronjob.de\", \"Sign up for free\" and \"Create a heartbeat\" open cronjob.de in a new tab. The cron job link contains the address of your site's wp-cron.php so that the form can be pre-filled. Nothing is transmitted unless you click one of these buttons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heartbeat check-ins (optional, off by default).<\/strong> Only if you enter a heartbeat address, the plugin sends a GET request to that address at runcheck.de (a Cronjob.de domain) after WP-Cron runs, at most every 5 minutes. The request contains no data about your site or your visitors apart from what every HTTP request carries (IP address of your server, user agent \"Cronjob.de WordPress plugin\").<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calls to wp-cron.php.<\/strong> If you set up a cron job, Cronjob.de calls your site's wp-cron.php on the schedule you choose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Terms of service: https:\/\/www.cronjob.de\/agb\nPrivacy policy: https:\/\/www.cronjob.de\/datenschutz<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install the plugin through Plugins \u2192 Add New, or upload the folder <code>cronjob-de<\/code> to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Tools \u2192 Cronjob.de and click \"Create cron job at Cronjob.de\". Log in or sign up, then save the pre-filled cron job.<\/li>\n<li>Within five minutes the page turns green.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20an%20account%20at%20cronjob.de%3F\"><h3>Do I need an account at Cronjob.de?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>For the external call, yes \u2013 the free plan covers five cron jobs in 5-minute steps without time limit. If you already call wp-cron.php from a server crontab or another service, the plugin detects that too and you do not need an account.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20if%20the%20external%20calls%20stop%3F\"><h3>What happens if the external calls stop?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin only keeps the visitor trigger switched off while calls arrive. After 30 minutes without a call (longer if you call less often), WordPress triggers WP-Cron from page views again, exactly as without the plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"i%20already%20have%20disable_wp_cron%20in%20wp-config.php.\"><h3>I already have DISABLE_WP_CRON in wp-config.php.<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>That is fine. The plugin then shows whether wp-cron.php is actually being called and warns you if it is not.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20woocommerce%20and%20the%20action%20scheduler%3F\"><h3>Does it work with WooCommerce and the Action Scheduler?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The Action Scheduler runs through WP-Cron, so it benefits from the regular calls just like scheduled posts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20on%20multisite%3F\"><h3>Does it work on multisite?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>WP-Cron runs per site, so each site needs its own cron job. 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