Cron Job Management

Cron Job Management

Manage scheduled tasks for each site. BlitzPress replaces WordPress’s unreliable WP-Cron with a proper system cron.

WP-Cron vs System Cron

Feature	WP-Cron	System Cron (BlitzPress)
Trigger	On page visit	System timer (exact schedule)
Reliability	Misses tasks on low-traffic sites	Always runs on time
Performance	Adds latency to page loads	Runs in background, zero impact
Default	Disabled by BlitzPress	Set up automatically

Default Cron Setup

When a site is created, BlitzPress automatically:

1. Sets define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true) in wp-config.php
2. Adds a system cron that runs WP-Cron events every minute:

   * * * * * cd /home/{domain}/public_html && wp cron event run --due-now --allow-root --quiet

Adding Custom Cron Jobs

From the panel, go to your site → Cron Jobs → Add New.

Field	Description	Example
Schedule	Standard cron format (5 fields) or shortcuts	0 3 * * * (daily at 3am)
Command	Shell command to execute	wp cache flush --path=/home/example.com/public_html --allow-root

Schedule Shortcuts

• @yearly — once a year (Jan 1, midnight)
• @monthly — first day of each month
• @weekly — every Sunday at midnight
• @daily — every day at midnight
• @hourly — every hour

Safety

Dangerous commands are automatically blocked:

• rm -rf /, dd if=, mkfs, shutdown, reboot
• Fork bombs and disk-destructive operations

Cron Status Check

The panel shows your WP-Cron health status:

• Optimal — WP-Cron disabled + system cron active
• Redundant — both WP-Cron and system cron active (wastes resources)
• Broken — WP-Cron disabled but no system cron (scheduled tasks won’t run)
• Default — WP-Cron enabled, no system cron (unreliable)