wp-cron

Hi Graham Davis,

What do you mean by “activate wp-cron”?

If WordPress is running on a fully compatible host, it will just work.

If the host is not-so-WordPress-friendly, it might mean you cannot schedule future posts and the backup scheduling never starts. In this case you can try WP_ALTERNATE_CRON instead and that usually works. I’ve posted a really boring long explanation on the cron stuff here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/sheduled-backups-cron-job
If you skip past the boring bit I do summarise WP_ALTERNATE_CRON and how to enable it.

Let us know if you have any other questions or need more help.

Jason