Thread Starter
takut
(@takut)
Hi,
I’ve tried to set a cron job in my server, but newsletter was not sent. Only manual newsletters are working.
Cheers
You can try webcron who will call your URL at a specific time like run newsletter with your manually.
PS: a tutorial at https://www.easycron.com/cron-job-tutorials/how-to-set-up-cron-job-for-mailpoet-newsletters.
Thread Starter
takut
(@takut)
Thank you for your tip, but my cron URL is not working.
First, WP-Crontrol prevents MailPoet’s Cron from working.
Second, what option do you have selected in Settings > Advanced > Geeky Options > Enable MailPoet’s Cron ?
Thread Starter
takut
(@takut)
Hi,
Ok, WP-Crontrol was disabled and uninstalled after those tests. Thank you anyway.
I’ve tried with all options under Settings > Advanced > Geeky Options > Enable MailPoet’s Cron.
This is an example of my process:
1) Enable newsletter
2) Create new post
3) Hit cron url (with browser)
4) This message is shown in my browser: “MailPoet’s cron is ready. Simply setup a CRON job on your server (cpanel or other) to trigger this page.”
5) Newsletter is not received
Thanks
@takut, please get in touch with us over here if you want further help: https://support.mailpoet.com/wordpress-forums/
Hi takut,
it seems to be a recurring problem for all of us :). Here is my two cents on that, that i have just posted to an other guy.
I personnaly use a manual cron job on my websites and i have noticed that as long as you didn’t change the sending frequency in the “Sending by” tab, Mailpoet don’t define some needed tasks in the WP cron events.
So, actually, the only way that i’ve found to correct what i call a little bug 🙂 is to change that setting.
BTW, MailPoet will define 5 new tasks (wysija_cron_queue, wysija_cron_daily, wysija_cron_bounce, wysija_cron_weekly and wysija_cron_monthly) in the WP cron events that will be triggered by your cron and everything will be fine :).
To be sure that your manual cron will be executed correctly, go to the settings of MailPoet, then “Advanced” tab > click on the link “Show” of “Geeky Options” and verify that the checkbox “Enable MailPoet’s Cron” is UNCHECKED 😉
Amicably,
Pierre.
Thread Starter
takut
(@takut)
Hi, Pierre,
Thank you very much for your message. Finally, I’ve figured out where my problem is. I’m using a custom shortcode and it creates the content of my newsletter. If I add the widget “Recently added content” before my shortcode, every works fine.
So, my question is: what this widget do? Can I do the same thing?
@takut, we already replied to you via email yesterday. Unfortunately, you need the ALC widget to trigger your post notification newsletters.
His problem was not related to MailPoet Cron.
Hi Pierre,
What do you mean by “manual cron”? Is EasyCron a way to activate the “manual cron?
fx
Hi fxtv,
by “manual cron” I mean a CRON task defined in the cPanel of my hosting provider ;).
Amicably,
Pierre.
On one of my websites it is working great with the Cron Job CHECKED under Geeky Options; however, on another website I cannot get it to worked.
Curently the only difference I see is that on the one that is working, the URL link to copy has www. and the one not working does not. Hopefully adding the www. to the one not working will help. The mail sender has been stuck on 60/696 for two days now according to my client. I am trying to send manually and it just sits and runs with no end seemingly in sight.
Both websites are on the same server and same theme. I have been having problems with Mailpoet sending mail for over a year now and a few of my clients wanted to upgrade to the paid version but not if they will still have this problem.
Ho
