{"id":9412,"date":"2020-01-27T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/artikel\/hur-stanger-jag-av-wp-cron-pa-min-wordpressinstallation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:49:28","slug":"how-do-i-disable-wp-cron-for-my-wordpress-installation","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/artikel\/how-do-i-disable-wp-cron-for-my-wordpress-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I disable wp-cron for my WordPress installation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This guide is for advanced users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wp-cron is used instead of “proper cron” for WordPress installations. The purpose of wp-cron is to handle automations, such as scheduled publication of content, running checks for updates, etc. Wp-cron can, however, cause a problem. The function is called at every page load, so if the site is well-visited, quite large, and\/or complex, it may negatively affect page load speeds drastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, we’ll show you how you can increase performance on your site by deactivating wp-cron and instead use proper cron (which is run at set times, independent of visits on the site itself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edit wp-config.php<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first step is to disable wp-cron, which is done by adding a line to the settings file for WordPress: wp-config.php<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, edit the file wp-config.php associated with your WordPress installation. By default it resides in the document root for the site. You can use the File Manager<\/a> through cPanel to edit the file, or by using SSH<\/a> or FTP. In the latter case, download the file, edit it, and reupload it, overwriting the old file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the line<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. *\/<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Above<\/strong> that line, enter the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This tells WordPress to disable wp-cron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create a cron job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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At this moment, no automatic functions on your WordPress installation will work, so you need to set up a cron job as soon as possible. We have written the following general guide<\/a> about how to set up cron jobs on web hosting accounts with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We recommend that you set the cron job to trigger every five to 15 minutes, and the command you should use is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wget -O \/dev\/null -o \/dev\/null \"https:\/\/exempel.se\/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron\" > \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Swap out https:\/\/exempel.se<\/code> to what is correct for your site’s domain. (Also correct https to http if you’re not using https. We always recommend using https<\/a> though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you’ve saved the cron job, automations on your site will be managed by cron on the server, instead of wp-cron, which should reduce the site’s impact on the server – making the site run faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wp-cron is used instead of “proper cron” for WordPress installations. The purpose of wp-cron is to handle automations, such as scheduled publication of content, running checks for updates, etc. Wp-cron can, however, cause a problem. The function is called at every page load, so if the site is well-visited, quite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[209],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-9412","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-wordpress-websites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/9412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9412"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/9412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18737,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/9412\/revisions\/18737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=9412"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=9412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}