Optimize WP-Cron Events with Advanced Cron Scheduler

About Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress

The WP-Cron system in WordPress may not run scheduled events exactly on time because it relies on website traffic to trigger events. The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin uses the Action Scheduler Library to alter the way cron events are run, providing a scalable and traceable job queue for background processing. If your plugin requires background processing, especially for large sets of tasks, Action Scheduler can help.

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Changelog

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1.1.3

Release Date: 3rd January, 2025

Fixed: Issue with migration of WP Cron events.

1.1.2

Release Date: 2nd January, 2025

Added: Support for Customizing the Action Scheduler.
Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.9.0.
Minimum PHP supported version is now 7.1.
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.

1.1.1

Release Date: 1st March, 2024

Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.7.21.
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.

1.1.0

Release Date: 25th June, 2023

Added: Option to disable check for past-due actions.
Tweak: Changed init hook to action_scheduler_init.
Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.6.1.
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.

1.0.9

Release Date: 15th November, 2022

Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.5.3.
Tested with WordPress 6.1.

1.0.8

Release Date: 28th August, 2022

Added: Settings to toggle settings under Settings > General.
Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.5.0.
Improved: Cron Logic.

1.0.7

Release Date: 24th June, 2022

Added: Admin Bar Link.
Removed: Unused code.
Fixed: Typo.

1.0.6

Release Date: 24th June, 2022

Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.4.2.
Fixed: Various bugs and PHP errors.
Minimum WordPress supported version is now 5.2.0.
Tested with WordPress 6.0.

1.0.5

Release Date: 3rd December, 2021

Fixed: An errors which occurs if cron is creating early before initialization of Action scheduler library.

1.0.4

Release Date: 2nd December, 2021

Added: A check to prevent creating duplicate actions.
Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.4.0.
Fixed: Date format error.

1.0.3

Release Date: 5th June, 2021

Updated: Action Scheduler library to v3.2.0.

1.0.2

Release Date: 7th March, 2021

Added: Ability to Auto Delete pending tasks from Action Scheduler upon Deactivation.

1.0.1

Release Date: 4th March, 2021

Added: Ability to Auto delete the Store Schema on PLugin Activation and Deactivation to avoid Missing Database error on some installations.
Added: Ability to Purge Cache on plugin Deactivation.

1.0.0

Release Date: 2nd March, 2021

Initial Release.

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress