WordPress Cron Is Fake: How to Disable WP-Cron and Set Up Real Cron (2026)
WordPress has a cron system. It has scheduled events, recurring hooks, “next run” times, and a dashboard that lists them all in neat rows. It looks exactly like a task scheduler, and most site owners treat it like one. It isn’t one. WP-Cron is not a real scheduler. It only checks whether anything is due … Read more