Title: Plugin not working on WordPress 4.4? Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Plugin not working on WordPress 4.4? * Resolved [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/) * Hi, * I updated yesterday to WP 4.4. Today, a scheduled post was missed and we published it manually. * I looked in my cron list, and didn’t see anything that looked like the plugin’s event was there. * I deactivated, and reactivated the plugin, but I still don’t see anything. * I am using this version of the plugin. * Version 2015.0207.2314 * Here is what WP is showing in my Cron list right now. * What’s in Cron? Available schedules * Once Weekly, every 1 week Every Five Minutes, every 5 mins Once Hourly, every 1 hour Twice Daily, every 12 hours Once Daily, every 1 day Events * Next due (GMT/UTC) Schedule Hook Arguments Dec 10, 2015 @ 17:59 (1449770394) Once Daily wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete Dec 10, 2015 @ 19:47 (1449776877) Once Daily antispam_bee_daily_cronjob Dec 10, 2015 @ 22:57 (1449788229) Twice Daily wp_update_plugins Dec 10, 2015 @ 22:57 (1449788229) Twice Daily wp_update_themes Dec 10, 2015 @ 23:00 (1449788400) Twice Daily wp_maybe_auto_update Dec 10, 2015@ 23:35 (1449790500) Twice Daily wprc_schedule_update_plugins Dec 10, 2015 @ 23: 35 (1449790500) Twice Daily wprc_schedule_update_themes Dec 11, 2015 @ 4:02 ( 1449806540) Twice Daily wp_version_check Dec 11, 2015 @ 7:00 (1449817205) Once Daily polldaddy_rating_update_job Dec 11, 2015 @ 12:12 (1449835934) Once Daily update_wpml_config_index Dec 11, 2015 @ 16:09 (1449850177) Once Daily wp_scheduled_delete Dec 12, 2015 @ 22:00 (1449957600) Once Weekly odb_scheduler * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-missed-schedule/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-missed-schedule/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836369) * [@awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * Version 2015.0207.2314 do not exist! !! * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836370) * Your report is very important fo me … 🙂 * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836371) * What is a site? * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836471) * awhig is a older user of my plugin: try to help you … * 1 – I need exact previous version of WP Missed Plugin used with success. 2 – I need exact actual version of WP Missed Plugin used with insuccess. * Make this actions: * 1 – Disable all server side caching and wait 2 hours for flushing it. 2 – Disable all WordPress cache plugins (opcode – db) wait flushing 2 hours. 3 – Disable WP Missed Schedule plugin. 4 – Uninstall it. 5 – Install WP Missed Schedule Cleaner [available here](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-missed-schedule.wpms-mu-plugins-clnr.zip) 6 – Activate it on time. 7 – Deactivate it. 8 – Uninstall it. 9 – Install “fresh” latest version of WP Missed Schedule [available here](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-missed-schedule.2014.1231.2015.zip) 10 – Good Luck, and report it your experience to make changes if are needed … * By! !! 🙂 * Thread Starter [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836575) * Hi, * The version is what I’m seeing on the plugins page. * Here is a screenshot * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_xeS-OgIIkCb2R5MVAzcEg1MHM/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_xeS-OgIIkCb2R5MVAzcEg1MHM/view?usp=sharing) * I will try reinstalling the plugin to see if that does anything. * Rich * Thread Starter [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836578) * Hi, * So I disabled my current WP MS plugin and deleted it. I installed the cleaner and activate/deactive and removed it. * I then installed from the plugin store WP MS. Version 2014.1231.2015 * I cleared all my caches along the way. * I’m not sure how I would test if its working. Do you know how to test it? * Rich * I then checked What’s in Cron, and it showed the following: * ``` Available schedules Once Weekly, every 1 week Every Five Minutes, every 5 mins Once Hourly, every 1 hour Twice Daily, every 12 hours Once Daily, every 1 day Events Next due (GMT/UTC) Schedule Hook Arguments Dec 12, 2015 @ 22:57 (1449961029) Twice Daily wp_update_plugins Dec 12, 2015 @ 22:57 (1449961029) Twice Daily wp_update_themes Dec 12, 2015 @ 23:00 (1449961200) Twice Daily wp_maybe_auto_update Dec 12, 2015 @ 23:35 (1449963300) Twice Daily wprc_schedule_update_plugins Dec 12, 2015 @ 23:35 (1449963300) Twice Daily wprc_schedule_update_themes Dec 13, 2015 @ 0:07 (1449965260) One-off event upgrader_scheduled_cleanup [0]: 82664 Dec 13, 2015 @ 4:02 (1449979340) Twice Daily wp_version_check Dec 13, 2015 @ 7:00 (1449990005) Once Daily polldaddy_rating_update_job Dec 13, 2015 @ 12:12 (1450008734) Once Daily update_wpml_config_index Dec 13, 2015 @ 16:09 (1450022977) Once Daily wp_scheduled_delete Dec 13, 2015 @ 17:59 (1450029594) Once Daily wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete Dec 13, 2015 @ 19:47 (1450036077) Once Daily antispam_bee_daily_cronjob Dec 19, 2015 @ 22:00 (1450562400) Once Weekly odb_scheduler ``` * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836580) * … umh! !! * Version 2015.0207.2314 is **Outdated Beta Release** Build 2015-02-07 – Beta software is not for production sites or blogs! – New Beta Release, STABLE – with same mechanism is Version 2015.0228.3 [available here](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-missed-schedule.2015.0228.3.zip) This version not flushing Object Cache etc … read here [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-plugin-improvement/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-plugin-improvement/) your previous post! The interval of cheching of Missed Scheduled Posts was add as Cron Schedules and named wp_scheduled_missed – This is not present on your cron lists … * Version 2014.1231.2015 is the latest STABLE official release of WP Missed Schedule… that for not flushing Object Cache etc … implement WordPress Transients for storing the checking interval. * Remember that W3 Total Cache … db and opcode modules … breaking cron to run properly. * 1 – If you run beta version check on your cron if is available wp_scheduled_missed batch. * 2 – It you run official tag version, simple verify if exist missed schedule posts… use miss link for this when plugin is activated … and if it was corrected. * Thread Starter [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836641) * Hi, * I tried using 2015.0228.3, I still don’t see any relevant event in Cron. * WP-Cron Events There was a problem spawning a call to the WP-Cron system on your site. This means WP-Cron events on your site may not work. The problem was: The DISABLE_WP_CRON constant is set to true. WP-Cron spawning is disabled. Hook Name Arguments Next Run Recurrence antispam_bee_daily_cronjob None 2015-12-15 14:47:57 (1 hour 37 minutes) 1 day Edit Run Now Delete wp_update_plugins None 2015-12-15 17:57:09 (4 hours 46 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete wp_update_themes None 2015-12-15 17:57:09 (4 hours 46 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete wp_maybe_auto_update None 2015-12-15 18:00:00 (4 hours 49 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete wprc_schedule_update_plugins None 2015-12-15 18:35:00 (5 hours 24 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete wprc_schedule_update_themes None 2015-12-15 18:35:00 (5 hours 24 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete wp_version_check None 2015-12-15 23:02:20 (9 hours 51 minutes) 12 hours Edit Run Now Delete polldaddy_rating_update_job None 2015-12-16 02:00:05 (12 hours 49 minutes) 1 day Edit Run Now Delete update_wpml_config_index None 2015-12-16 07:12:14 (18 hours 1 minute) 1 day Edit Run Now Delete wp_scheduled_delete None 2015-12-16 11:09:37 (21 hours 58 minutes) 1 day Edit Run Now Delete wp_scheduled_auto_draft_delete None 2015-12-16 12:59:54 (23 hours 49 minutes) 1 day Edit Run Now Delete odb_scheduler None 2015-12-19 17:00:00 (4 days 3 hours) 1 week Edit Run Now Delete * I already posted above what is in my Cron after trying Version 2014.1231.2015. * Rich * Plugin Contributor [slangji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slangji/) * (@slangji) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836642) * The problem is not my plugin. * Search a WordPress consultant near you, to solve these problems. * This discussion is off topic, beyond the usual issues related to my plugins. * In the absence of details on the configuration used, and without a quick return of posts, I can not help further. * I repeat: these are issues not related to my plugins. * If you have the variable * > `define('DISABLE_WP_CRON',true);` * set in this way, it is not the fault of my plugins. * To working correctly, my and others plugins, this variable was set to default value * > `define('DISABLE_WP_CRON',false);` * Normally it is a variable that should not be touched. * No editing, or add and modify your default valueit, except without knowing what it really goes to do. * Good Luck. * Thread Starter [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836667) * I’ve had DISABLE_WP_CRON set to true for many years. * This disables the internal cron mechanism of WP which does not reliably run on the desired time schedule. * I use a “real” cron job on my server to call wp-cron.php every 5 minutes. * See: * [http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/insights-into-wp-cron-an-introduction-to-scheduling-tasks-in-wordpress–wp-23119](http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/insights-into-wp-cron-an-introduction-to-scheduling-tasks-in-wordpress–wp-23119) * or * [http://wpdailybits.com/blog/replace-wordpress-cron-with-real-cron-job/74](http://wpdailybits.com/blog/replace-wordpress-cron-with-real-cron-job/74) * For more info on this. * Any case, you plugin was working with * ```
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON',true);
``` * up until I installed WP 4.4. * As far as I can tell, it does not work with WP 4.4. * Rich * Thread Starter [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * (@awhig) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836668) * I found this issue. * Another plugin * [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rvg-optimize-database](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rvg-optimize-database) * Was not properly handling * add_filter for cron_schedules * This pretty much broke every plugin that relied on registering a custom schedule, including this one. * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-cron-on-multiple-plugins?replies=10#post-7789842](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-cron-on-multiple-plugins?replies=10#post-7789842) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Plugin not working on WordPress 4.4?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-missed-schedule_8d8370.svg) * [Missed Schedule Fix WP Failed Future Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-missed-schedule/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-missed-schedule/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-missed-schedule/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-missed-schedule/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-missed-schedule/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-missed-schedule/reviews/) * 11 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [awhig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awhig/) * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-on-wordpress-44/#post-6836668) * Status: resolved