Snippet: Set up a Cron Job in WordPress
You are normally using your server’s Crontab to schedule your cron jobs. If you do not have access to server panel or you do not understand its functionality correctly, you can use WordPress’s job scheduling to execute your crons. You can set up cron for hourly execution, daily execution and executing twice in a day. Here is how you can set up hourly and daily jobs.
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register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'wpds_cron');
add_action('perform_hourly_tasks', 'perform_task_1');
add_action('perform_hourly_tasks', 'perform_task_2');
add_action('perform_daily_tasks', 'perform_task_3');
function wpds_cron() {
wp_schedule_event( current_time( 'timestamp' ), 'hourly', 'perform_hourly_tasks');
wp_schedule_event( current_time( 'timestamp' ), 'daily', 'perform_daily_tasks');
}
function perform_task_1() {
// This function is called every hour.
}
function perform_task_2() {
// This function is called every hour.
}
function perform_task_3() {
// This function is called once in a day.
}
