Comments on: How to Time Things in WordPress - Cron Job Plugin

By: David Pankhurst

David Pankhurst — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:54:08 +0000

The caching would be an addon plugin like wp-cache or supercache - if they are on, turn them off to see if the problem goes away - also, in the other post I mentioned I included an email script to test - give it a try, follow the steps I mentioned, and try to isolate where the problem is occurring.

By: Rune

Rune — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:41:54 +0000

2: How can i turn off caching? in a ISP environment? is it a application setting in WP or serversetting for ISP?

By: David Pankhurst

David Pankhurst — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:26:12 +0000

Since the test button works, you are doing the same code as the timer does, with the exception of the timing itself.

So the question is, what interferes with the timing?

1) Not enough visitors. Manually refresh the page every five minutes or so. If that solves it, you’ll need a cron job after all (the code is visitor-driven).

2) Caching pages. Turn off caching - with caching the theme is not called, it’s displayed - so wp-footer isn’t called, and no processing.

3) Bad theme. Use the default theme to check - if it works, you’re theme is the problem.

4) Not using full URL - even if it’s local, it needs to be http://egwebsite.com etc…

You need to divide and conquer - I’ve created a test script you can use to email yourself results at http://ActiveBlogging.com/info/troubleshooting-utopia-cron/

By: Rune

Rune — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:51:17 +0000

I am sorry to spam you like this, but looking more into it, - ucron DOES hit the external url on a scheduled basis.

Then the problem is, why doesn´t it hit the internal one? Am I using the correct url? (i guess i am, since it works manually).

Can the answer be this easy: Wordpress Ucron plugin runs on a “anonymous” mode, which probably wont work pretty well in combination with wp-o-metic? Which performs a post to the blog?

Rune

By: Rune

Rune — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:38:02 +0000

Addtional info:

I have now even added a external URL to the cronjobs in ucron, to a server which I have access to all posts/gets requests on the webserver. NONE are performend from the installation of u-cron (scheduled). If I hit the test/preview buttons, then the request is logged.

So the problem is not only within Wordpress, but the cronjob itself. It does not process.

Comments?

Rune

By: Rune

Rune — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:03:48 +0000

This is what I have one:

1. Created a campaign in wp-o-metic. Tested it. It fetches and posts are created. I copy the link behind the FETCH link.

2. I enter u-cron, create a entry, start time 00:10, check every 10m, the url i copied are pasted in the url field. I save it. Test is ok. If I click “view page”, it fetches, and posts are created.

3. But, nothing happens on a schedule….