Version 1.2 of WP-Cron is now officially available.
This version fixes a small error with calculating when the next daily event should occur. Daily actions should now actually occur! =)
Also included with this version is an updated wp-cron-moderation.php, which sends hourly notifications of new comments awaiting moderation.
Here's the list of all WP-Cron plugins included:
WP-Cron Dashboard: uses WP-Cron to update the data in your WordPress dashboard (roughly) every hour.WP-Cron Future Pings: suppresses outgoing pingbacks and trackbacks when publishing a post with a date in the future; then uses WP-Cron to periodically check if any such future-dated posts are visible, sending pingbacks and trackbacks as necessary.
[ May not yet be fully functional ]WP-Cron Gravcache: refresh your cached Gravatar image files on a daily basis.
[ Experimental, and may not yet be fully functional! ]WP-Cron Mail: periodic check of your secret email account for blog-by-email. This is a near exact copy of the original wp-mail.php, which may or may not be sufficient for your needs. See also http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_EmailWP-Cron Moderation: sends an hourly email summary of new pending moderation requests. That is, if you get two new comments at noon, you'll receive one email notififying you. If you take no action, and receive no new comments, you will not get pestered again. You will only receive one email per new comments per hour.WP-Cron Reminder: sends out a generic reminder email to the blog admin (roughly) every 15 and 60 minutes. You can use this to prove to yourself that WP-Cron is working.
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Skippy,
I started using WP-Cron Moderation last night. One little problem I've encountered is I receive the Please Moderate email after I approve that comment.
I also get the new comment has been posted email at this time. This second email I'd expect to get.
Nick: I don't fully understand what you're saying in the first instance. Could you elaborate please?
I thought it was a bit confusing when I wrote it. I have some addition info now too.
Here are two different things that are happening...
1) I get the email from the plugin on the hour (if there are comments to moderate). After approving a comment, I then get an email (from WP) telling me the comment I just approved is in moderation. I also get the email (from WP) telling me a new comment has been posted. I don't think I'm supposed to get the email telling me there is a comment waiting for moderation, am I? Especially since I just approved it.
2) I get an email from WP about a comment in moderation (which shouldn't happen right?). Then on the hour I get a summary of those comments waiting for moderation.
Sometimes situation #1 will happen and later #2 will happen.
I hope that makes sense. If not, let me know.
...more to throw in the mix...
I just received 2 emails from the plugin with only 3 minutes in between.
skippy,
Might I make a small suggestion to make things tidier? Can you please consider putting your plugins into a sub-folder to keep things tidy?
WP will "see" plugins in a sub-directory within plugins.
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Just my 2 cents...
There is only one file for each plugin. Adding a folder to hold a single file isn't very tidy if you ask me.
Nick: I think Brendan is suggesting that all WP-Cron plugins get stored in a /wp-cron/ directory inside your /plugins/ directory. It's a good idea, and I'll look into it.
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how can I add a specific function to wp-cron?
i.e. when I want to run a specific .php on my website?
kind regards,
Tim
Tim: The easiest way to execute a standalone PHP script with WP-Cron is to make a plugin that
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I am getting 2 'argument should be an array' errors on the bottom of my page when running the cron-moderation after receiving a spam comment. The errors went away when I nuked the spam comment. I have not received a 2nd spam message to see if it occurs when there are more than 1 item in the $queue 'array'
Any ideas?
`Warning: array_values(): The argument should be an array in /mysite/wp-content/plugins/wp-cron-moderation.php on line 27`
`Warning: array_unique(): The argument should be an array in /mysite/wp-content/plugins/wp-cron-moderation.php on line 27`