Title: Cron/Plugin error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cron/Plugin error

 *  [chee32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chee32/)
 * (@chee32)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cronplugin-error/)
 * I am currently making a cron that is supposed to run once a day and adds a 1 
   to the post meta. I have tested the function to run on a page load and it does
   this correctly. However, when I tie it to a cron event, every time the page loads
   it adds 4 to the total. I do not understand why this is happening. I called my
   hosting site and they say it should only be running once a day. Here is the code:
 *     ```
       /*Adds a day to paused days meta.*/
   
       $time = rand(1000, 1200);
   
       if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'update_pused' ) ) {
         wp_schedule_event( time()+$time, 'daily', 'update_paused' );
       }
   
       add_action( 'update_paused', 'add_day_to_paused' );
   
       function add_day_to_paused() {
       	global $woocommerce;
           $args = array(
       		'post_type'			=> 'shop_order',
       		'post_status' 		=> 'publish',
                       'posts_per_page' => -1,
       		'tax_query' => array(
                           array(
                               'taxonomy' => 'shop_order_status',
                               'field' => 'slug',
                               'terms' => array('paused')
                           )
                       )
       	);
       	$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
   
       	while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
   
       		$order_id = $loop->post->ID;
   
         		$order = new WC_Order($order_id);
   
         			$getdays = get_post_meta($order_id,'paused_days', true);
               	$totaldays = 1 + $getdays;
               	update_post_meta($order_id,'paused_days',$totaldays);
   
         endwhile;
   
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [chee32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chee32/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cronplugin-error/)
 * Status: not resolved

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