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Started 6 months ago by Frym1
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Frym1
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According to my host WordPress scheduled tasks rely on a connection back to the same server, which is disabled on all their servers for security reasons.

Therefore I am unable to use the blog scheduling function in WP. However I have been told there is a workaround by adding the following to defines in my wp-config.php file:

define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);

Dont really want to edit original php files without guidance. Any ideas where I add this.

Regards

Mark

Posted 6 months ago #
Prasanna SP
Moderator
Add this just above the line which says,
```
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
```
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Posted 6 months ago #
Frym1
Member

Sorry Prasanna,

Firstly what file am I editing? Confused on that point.

and am I adding define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true); above /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Sorry for my ignorance :)

Posted 6 months ago #
Prasanna SP
Moderator

Open wp-config.php and search for /* That's all, stop editing! ... Line. Then add define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true); above that line.

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Posted 6 months ago #
Frym1
Member

Prasanna
Thanks for your help.
I went into my host, file manager, edited the file wp-config.php and added define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true); above /* That's all, stop editing! ... Line.

As per below:

* Change this to true to run multiple blogs on this installation.
* Then login as admin and go to Tools -> Network
*/
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', false);

define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Went back in created dummy post scheduled to publish 4 minutes later, however when time elapsed post didnt publish and read "missed schedule"?

Am I doing something wrong?

Posted 6 months ago #
Prasanna SP
Moderator

4 minutes is too short. Schedule post after one hour, or at least 30 minutes and let me know if it works.

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