Title: WP-Cron
Last modified: January 10, 2023

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# WP-Cron

 *  Resolved [peterpiper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpiper/)
 * (@peterpiper)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cron-23/)
 * Hi – I just installed the plugin – straight off it gives me a warning as I don’t
   have wp-cron enabled. I spoke to my host (wpengine) – they have a cron product
   as follows….
 * **WP Engine Alternate Cron**
 * Both of these problems can be resolved by enabling **WP Engine Alternate Cron**.
   To enable Alternate Cron, simply reach out to [WP Engine Support](https://wpengine.com/support/).
 * Alternate cron is a service on the server that checks for “due now” crons every
   minute.
 * Additionally, alternate cron can be used to mimic a server cron because WP Engine
   does not support true linux, or server side, crons. Alternate cron runs at a 
   consistent minute interval and can be used instead to run other processes that
   require a schedule.
 * Alternate cron sets the following define in your site’s `wp-config.php` file 
   and confirms it’s still set through our daily server processes.
 * `define( 'DISABLE_WP_CRON', true );`
 * Simply adding this define will not enable WP Engine alternate cron, you must 
   reach out to [Support](https://wpengine.com/support/) to ensure the server configuration
   option is toggled _on_ for each environment.
 * WP Engine’s alternate cron does _not_ work for sites that are utilizing custom
   password protection (basic auth, etc) because the site must be accessible. Sites
   using WP Engine’s [Password Protection](https://wpengine.com/support/password-protecting-wp-engine-site/)
   will work correctly with our alternate cron.
 * Alternate cron requires `wp_cron` be set to **false**, which means it will be**
   disabled**. This may be important and conflict with other custom functionality,
   so testing may be necessary after initially enabling the feature.
 * …….. If I ask them to enable this functionality should that be sufficent to enable
   your plugin to run as normal?
 * Regards

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 *  [supportadtribes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supportadtribes/)
 * (@supportadtribes)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cron-23/#post-16361227)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for using our plugin and reaching out to us.
 * Enabling the alternate cron will not make the notification go away and it will
   not result in the plugin working as it would normally. Changes are that your 
   feeds will still process but that it will take more time to complete or update
   your feeds. See this blog post, especially the last paragraph which explains 
   why processing takes extra time: [https://adtribes.io/can-i-disable-the-wp-cron-and-run-a-server-cron-and-still-use-your-plugin/](https://adtribes.io/can-i-disable-the-wp-cron-and-run-a-server-cron-and-still-use-your-plugin/)
 *  [supportadtribes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supportadtribes/)
 * (@supportadtribes)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cron-23/#post-16409290)
 * Assuming the issue at hand has been resolved and our support is no longer required
   I will close this topic for housekeeping reasons now.
 * Do not hesitate to reach out to us again in-case you need our help again.

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