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devgeniem/wp-cron-runner
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This mu-plugin lets you run WP cron for a site / network site via a single endpoint.

1.0.3(7y ago)429.8k—8.7%51GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.4

Since Nov 16Pushed 6mo ago27 watchersCompare

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WP Cron Runner
==============

[](#wp-cron-runner)

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This simple mu-plugin lets you run WordPress cron jobs for a site or all network sites via a single endpoint. This is useful when building a single solution to run WP cron jobs on a hosting platform for different type of WordPress installations.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the plugin with Composer. It requires the [Bedrock mu-plugins autoloader](https://roots.io/bedrock/docs/mu-plugins-autoloader/).

```
composer require devgeniem/wp-cron-runner

```

Or install the plugin manually by copying the `plugin.php` under your mu-plugin directory and renaming it to `wp-cron-runner.php`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This plugin defines a single endpoint to run WP crons.

```
http(s)://www.mysite.com/run-cron

```

On a [network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) installation you only need to request a single site. The plugin will fetch all active sites from the database and call the `/wp-cron.php` endpoint to run scheduled events.

To enable timed execution create a cronjob to make a HTTP request to the `/run-cron` endpoint. To test if the plugin is functioning, request the endpoint on a browser to see a list of sites the cron was executed for.

The plugin will exit WordPress execution after a successful request to the endpoint. This will minimize the server load since the plugin code is run when mu-plugins are loaded.

Basic auth
----------

[](#basic-auth)

If you are using basic authentication define these constants.

```
// Username
define( 'WP_CRON_RUNNER_AUTH_USER', 'username' );
// Password
define( 'WP_CRON_RUNNER_AUTH_PW', 'pw' );
```

Alternatively you can also use BASIC\_AUTH\_USER, BASIC\_AUTH\_PASSWORD and BASIC\_AUTH\_PASSWORD\_HASH constants. When using the latter "{PLAIN}" is removed from the password string.

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

[@villesiltala](https://github.com/villesiltala) [@villepietarinen](https://github.com/villepietarinen)

License
-------

[](#license)

GPLv3

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~127 days

Total

4

Last Release

2723d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11960000?v=4)[Hion Digital Oy](/maintainers/devgeniem)[@devgeniem](https://github.com/devgeniem)

---

Top Contributors

[![Liblastic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8523479?v=4)](https://github.com/Liblastic "Liblastic (9 commits)")[![villepietarinen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5517842?v=4)](https://github.com/villepietarinen "villepietarinen (2 commits)")

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