If you did not disable cron (background processes) they are automatically removed after 1 to 2 hours after creation.
What table/option should I check?
VIII.A.0 is unchecked.
Tick Table IX-A9.1: Log Cron
After a few hours, inspect the logfile (Table VIII-C1. Do not accidently clear the log)
You should see lines like:
Cron: on:25.11.2018 16:01:38: cron-job: wppa_clear_cache started.
Cron: on:25.11.2018 16:01:57: cron-job: wppa_clear_cache completed.
If you do NOT see these lines, but you do see other cron-job messages with ‘started’ or ‘completed’, pls tell me.
Verify that you do NOT have in config:
define( 'DISABLE_WP_CRON', true );
If you have it, remove it.
I do see clear_cache being scheduled:
Cron: on:30.11.2018 03:07:29: cron-job: wppa_clear_cache scheduled for run in 600 sec. wppa-cron.php:483 wppa_schedule_clear_cache() <- : wppa_do_update_treecounts() <- class-wp-hook.php:286 call_user_func_array()
url: /wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1543565248.5446529388427734375000.
Right now, I see about 5600 files in the temp directory. Some of them are 3 days old.
You see it scheduled, but that does not mean it is getting executed.
Look for cron-job: wppa_clear_cache started.
Many things inside wppa rely upon cron jobs being properly executed, so i would like you to install plugin WP Crontrol
See https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/
After installation and activation you find ‘Cron Events’ under the tools menu.
Locate wppa_clear_cache and click the Run Now link.
You should see a message:
Successfully executed the cron event wppa_clear_cache.
If not, tell me what you see.
I installed and activated wp-crontrol.
I did not see wppa_clear_cache.
I added it and I clicked to execute.
The following message showed:
Successfully executed the cron event wppa_clear_cache.
.
I checked that he temp directory has not been cleared.
Also, I do not see entry in wppa log file:
Cron: on:30.11.2018 08:39:23: admin: wppa_clear_cache scheduled for run in 10 sec. wppa-common-functions.php:1059 wppa_schedule_clear_cache() <- wppa-ajax.php:3511 wppa_clear_cache() <- : wppa_ajax_callback()
url: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Cron: on:30.11.2018 08:47:14: cron-job: wppa_cleanup started.
Cron: on:30.11.2018 08:47:14: cron-job: wppa_cleanup completed.
I will further investigate on this. For the time being, you may manually (ftp) clear the content of the temp dir.
I noticed that temp directory is being cleared fine on another site residing on the same server.
Pls compare the filesystem rights (chmod) on …/wp-content/uploads/wppa/temp between the two sites.
Directories on both sites have identical user and group codes.
Directories themselves have chmod 755.
Files within directories have chmod 0604.
Pls update to the current version 7.0.03.
I made some changes, and i expect it will work correctly now.
You can monitor temp file deletions if you tick the box in Table IX-A9.4: Log File events
Pls keep me informed.
I updated to 7.0.03 and scheduled wppa_clear_cache.
The files have been purged.
Thanks.
