Core, theme, and plugin update hooks ignore schedule

  • cgoulding

    (@cgoulding)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    I have WordPress 3.7.1. I have had various problems since upgrading. I’ve now pinpointed the latest problem to the core cron jobs.

    When I look at my cron jobs in Core Control, I can see that wp_version_check, wp_update_plugins, and wp_update_theme are scheduled to run twice daily. But they actually run every time the wp_cron is called, which is every 15 minutes. I have wp-cron.php called from a command line via my hosting service.

    I used Core Control to disable the core, theme, and plugin updates in the cron, to no avail. They are still showing as scheduled twice daily and still run every 15 min., each time wp-cron.php is called.

    Is there some way to enforce the twice-daily settings on these hooks?

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  • Thread Starter cgoulding

    (@cgoulding)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Actually, I see that Core Control removed the hooked functions. But they still seem to be in the scheduler. The hooks remain listed as scheduled twice a day, yet the scheduled runs are still always in 15-minute intervals. I don’t know where this is happening, but at least I can disable the hooked functions with Core Control, if desired.

    WayneM1

    (@waynem1)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    I’ve been trying to track down why the WordPress cron has stopped working at my site running 3.7.1

    None of the cron hooks scheduled are running. I can run them all manually. Just banging my head on the wall with this issue…

    Here’s a link to some good reading that I believe is pertinent to the issue you are trying to resolve:
    http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25/the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/
    Read the details there about how to disable the various auto updates.

    Since you are using your server’s crontab to call the wp-cron, make sure you have edited your wp-config.php to disable the core wordpress cron, by added this to wp-config.php:

    define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', 'true');

    Thread Starter cgoulding

    (@cgoulding)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    I feel your pain, WayneM1. I spent way too many hours trying to fix my broken cron until I finally found some code that would work when entered in the command line in the cron jobs in my cPanel. I only have a vague idea about how wordpress and php work. I learned several programming languages back in the day, but it’s been a while and I’ve never worked with php. The 3.7.1 update has broken something and I just don’t know what. Among the things I tried were a WP reinstall, but that didn’t fix the problem.

    Thanks for the info — about the updates and and about the wp-config.php. I had actually picked up the wp-config tidbit while surfing around for answers. The idea of auto updates is not nice considering what this last update did. It’s good to know there is still a way around them!

    WayneM1

    (@waynem1)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    cgoulding –

    I’ve come to the conclusion that my wp-cron issues are simply due to an over taxed server, or wp-cron queue. I was trying to sort out why the “WordPress File Monitor Plus” plugin (which runs on wp-cron) stopped working on some of my WP installations.

    If you read my posts in the support topic here:
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stopped-working-19
    you may get some additional insight on your issue, and see my solution to additionally limit the impact of wp-cron events on your server.

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