WP Crontrol Hours

Часто задаваемые вопросы

What if my end time is earlier than my start time?

That’s okay! My plugin is smart enough to know that your window is running overnight into the next day.

How does it choose when to reschedule a CRON event?

It picks a random time within your chosen start and end times and pushes it back.

What timezone is used for setting start and end times?

It uses the website’s timezone set in Settings > General

Do I have to configure anything after installing and activating this plugin?

Nope! The default window is set from 20:00 to 04:00 (or 8pm to 4am). Upon activation, the plugin creates its own daily CRON event scheduled for midnight in your website’s timezone (defined in Settings > General) to check and fix all of the others to run within that window. So you can safely set it and forget it!

Does this work on multisites installations?

Yes! Each site in the multisite’s network will get their own configuration settings page so they can be customized. However, if you want to ensure all sites use the same settings, you can override them with constant variables set in the wp-config.php file like this:

/** Crontrol Hours */
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_INTERVALS', 'twicedaily,daily,weekly,monthly'); // Comma separated list of recurring intervals to check for
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_FORCE_DAILY', '1'); // Sets "Force Daily" to true
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_RESTRICT_FREQUENT', '1'); // Sets "Restrict Frequent" to true
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_START_TIME', '23:00'); // Sets the start time
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_END_TIME', '05:00'); // Sets the end time
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_EXCLUDE', 'wordfence_daily_cron,otter_montly_scheduled_events'); // Comma separated list of hooks to exclude from being changed

It’s also important to point out that each site in the network will need it’s own wp-cron.php pinged whether you set it up via server tasks or with Cron-Job.org.

I manage a lot of websites with custom configurations, is there an easy way to edit these settings without logging in?

Yes! I feel you there. You can set the following constant variables in your WordPress installation’s wp-config.php file.

/** Crontrol Hours */
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_INTERVALS', 'twicedaily,daily,weekly,monthly'); // Comma separated list of recurring intervals to check for
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_FORCE_DAILY', '1'); // Sets "Force Daily" to true
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_RESTRICT_FREQUENT', '1'); // Sets "Restrict Frequent" to true
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_START_TIME', '23:00'); // Sets the start time
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_END_TIME', '05:00'); // Sets the end time
define('CRONTROL_HOURS_EXCLUDE', 'wordfence_daily_cron,otter_montly_scheduled_events'); // Comma separated list of hooks to exclude from being changed

Keep in mind that if you’re using this on a multisite installation, these settings will override all sites on the network.