Title: Scheduling Problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Scheduling Problem

 *  [ultraldc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraldc/)
 * (@ultraldc)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/)
 * Hi, I am using Mailpoet for a particular newsletter out of WordPress. Has been
   working fine with scheduling for the past couple of months. Now it goes out whenever
   it wants to, usually about 18 hours later. Any suggestions why? And yes, I’ve
   checked all the settings for timezone to see if anything accidentally reset itself.
   Nothing has changed. SO frustrating!!! Thank you
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 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/#post-6407244)
 * Looks like you have a problem with your MailPoet Cron (the task scheduler). Please
   read this: [https://support.mailpoet.com/knowledgebase/understanding-the-cron/](https://support.mailpoet.com/knowledgebase/understanding-the-cron/)
 *  Thread Starter [ultraldc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraldc/)
 * (@ultraldc)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/#post-6407256)
 * Thanks so much but this does not explain why Mailpoet is sending the newsletter
   out up to a day later (usually 18 hours!!!!!)
 *  Thread Starter [ultraldc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraldc/)
 * (@ultraldc)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/#post-6407257)
 * Oh, and to clarify, for the last 3 weeks it’s been fine. Nothing at all has changed.
   SO frustrating!!!! Thank you!
 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/#post-6407275)
 * Ultradc, the delay is usually related to the lack of visitors on your site. From
   the article linked above:
 * “Each time a page on your website gets visited, WordPress calls the WP-Cron function,
   which will look for scheduled jobs that should run. If one is found, WP-Cron 
   sends an HTTP request to yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php to execute the tasks scheduled.
   In MailPoet’s case, this task is to send your next batch of newsletters.”
 * There are 2 options to solve this issue:
 * 1. Set up a cron job on your server. See shared article above.
 * 2. Our Premium version offers a cron service automatically without any set up
   on your part.

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 * [scheduling](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scheduling/)
 * [timing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/timing/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scheduling-problem-3/#post-6407275)
 * Status: not resolved