Title: Create cron job
Last modified: June 28, 2019

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# Create cron job

 *  Resolved [alpha2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoseeyou/)
 * (@neoseeyou)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-cron-job/)
 * Hello
 * I want to know how i can set a cron job to visit a specific link each hour plz
 * It ask me for a hook name but i don’t have any
 * THank you

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 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-cron-job/#post-11682066)
 * You’ll need to create a PHP Cron Event and then load the URL in PHP, eg with `
   wp_remote_get()`.
 *  Thread Starter [alpha2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoseeyou/)
 * (@neoseeyou)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-cron-job/#post-11682071)
 * thank you for quick answer. Ok i will try, as my knowledges in php are pretty
   rookie

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