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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [wp-cron.php is executing over and over making my server’s down](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cron-php-is-executing-over-and-over-making-my-servers-down/)
 *  Thread Starter [baumann11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baumann11/)
 * (@baumann11)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cron-php-is-executing-over-and-over-making-my-servers-down/#post-13501530)
 * My wp-cron.php
 * >  <?php
   >  /** * A pseudo-CRON daemon for scheduling WordPress tasks * * WP Cron
   > is triggered when the site receives a visit. In the scenario * where a site
   > may not receive enough visits to execute scheduled tasks * in a timely manner,
   > this file can be called directly or via a server * CRON daemon for X number
   > of times. * * Defining DISABLE_WP_CRON as true and calling this file directly
   > are * mutually exclusive and the latter does not rely on the former to work.**
   > The HTTP request to this file will not slow down the visitor who happens to*
   > visit when the cron job is needed to run. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   > WordPress */
   > ignore_user_abort( false );
   > /* Don’t make the request block till we finish, if possible. */
   >  if ( function_exists(‘
   > fastcgi_finish_request’ ) && version_compare( phpversion(), ‘7.0.16’, ‘>=’ )){
   > if ( ! headers_sent() ) { header( ‘Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT’ );
   > header( ‘Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0’ ); }
   >  fastcgi_finish_request();
   >  }
   > if ( ! empty( $_POST ) || defined( ‘DOING_AJAX’ ) || defined( ‘DOING_CRON’ )){
   > 
   > die(); }
   > /**
   >  * Tell WordPress we are doing the CRON task. * * [@var](https://wordpress.org/support/users/var/)
   > bool */ define( ‘DOING_CRON’, true );
   > if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {
   >  /** Set up WordPress environment */ require_once
   > __DIR__ . ‘/wp-load.php’; }
   > /**
   >  * Retrieves the cron lock. * * Returns the uncached `doing_cron` transient.**
   > [@ignore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ignore/) * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/)
   > 3.3.0 * * [@global](https://wordpress.org/support/users/global/) wpdb $wpdb
   > WordPress database abstraction object. * * [@return](https://wordpress.org/support/users/return/)
   > string|false Value of the `doing_cron` transient, 0|false otherwise. */ function
   > _get_cron_lock() { global $wpdb;
   >  $value = 0;
   >  if ( wp_using_ext_object_cache() ) { /* * Skip local cache and
   > force re-fetch of doing_cron transient * in case another process updated the
   > cache. */ $value = wp_cache_get( ‘doing_cron’, ‘transient’, true ); } else {
   > $row = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT option_value FROM $wpdb->options
   > WHERE option_name = %s LIMIT 1”, ‘_transient_doing_cron’ ) ); if ( is_object(
   > $row ) ) { $value = $row->option_value; } }
   >  return $value;
   >  }
   > $crons = wp_get_ready_cron_jobs();
   >  if ( empty( $crons ) ) { die(); }
   > $gmt_time = microtime( true );
   > // The cron lock: a unix timestamp from when the cron was spawned.
   >  $doing_cron_transient
   > = get_transient( ‘doing_cron’ );
   > // Use global $doing_wp_cron lock, otherwise use the GET lock. If no lock, 
   > try to grab a new lock.
   >  if ( empty( $doing_wp_cron ) ) { if ( empty( $_GET[‘
   > doing_wp_cron’] ) ) { // Called from external script/job. Try setting a lock.
   > if ( $doing_cron_transient && ( $doing_cron_transient + WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT
   > > $gmt_time ) ) { return; } $doing_wp_cron = sprintf( ‘%.22F’, microtime( true));
   > $doing_cron_transient = $doing_wp_cron; set_transient( ‘doing_cron’, $doing_wp_cron);}
   > else { $doing_wp_cron = $_GET[‘doing_wp_cron’]; } }
   > /*
   >  * The cron lock (a unix timestamp set when the cron was spawned), * must
   > match $doing_wp_cron (the “key”). */ if ( $doing_cron_transient !== $doing_wp_cron){
   > return; }
   > foreach ( $crons as $timestamp => $cronhooks ) {
   >  if ( $timestamp > $gmt_time){
   > break; }
   >  foreach ( $cronhooks as $hook => $keys ) {
   >  foreach ( $keys as $k => $v ) {
   >  $schedule = $v[‘schedule’];
   >  if ( $schedule ) {
   >  wp_reschedule_event( $timestamp, $schedule, $hook, $v[‘
   > args’] ); }
   >  wp_unschedule_event( $timestamp, $hook, $v[‘args’] );
   >  /**
   >  * Fires scheduled events. * * [@ignore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ignore/)*
   > [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/) 2.1.0 * * [@param](https://wordpress.org/support/users/param/)
   > string $hook Name of the hook that was scheduled to be fired. * [@param](https://wordpress.org/support/users/param/)
   > array $args The arguments to be passed to the hook. */ do_action_ref_array(
   > $hook, $v[‘args’] );
   >  // If the hook ran too long and another cron process stole the lock, quit.
   > 
   > if ( _get_cron_lock() !== $doing_wp_cron ) { return; } } } }
   > if ( _get_cron_lock() === $doing_wp_cron ) {
   >  delete_transient( ‘doing_cron’);}
   > die();

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