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Horizontally scalable, works perfectly with multisite. 2.0.3(3y ago)538286.9k—7.6%47[25 issues](https://github.com/humanmade/Cavalcade/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/humanmade/Cavalcade/pulls)2GPL-2.0+PHP Since Apr 16Pushed 3mo ago41 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/humanmade/Cavalcade)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/humanmade/cavalcade)[ Docs](https://github.com/humanmade/Cavalcade)[ RSS](/packages/humanmade-cavalcade/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (3)Versions (10)Used By (2) **Cavalcade** A better wp-cron. Horizontally scalable, works perfectly with multisite. [ ![Build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2a57e75f166a38c707687cdc89cdbb710415f9c3fb61377ae5ada4877693df6e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f68756d616e6d6164652f436176616c636164652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572) ](https://travis-ci.org/humanmade/Cavalcade) [ ![Coverage via codecov.io](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/663a77e40256ffccb54ef5f1208dca028a8f375b92ac7cb648c6b074527564e7/687474703a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f6769746875622f68756d616e6d6164652f436176616c636164652f636f7665726167652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572) ](http://codecov.io/github/humanmade/Cavalcade?branch=master) A **[Human Made](https://hmn.md/)** project. Maintained by @rmccue. [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21ddd8db8af0243ccabd437a33ded6e2da1e9777d1b4d75f30ab9ac80803c90a/68747470733a2f2f686d6e2e6d642f636f6e74656e742f7468656d65732f686d6e6d642f6173736574732f696d616765732f686d2d6c6f676f2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21ddd8db8af0243ccabd437a33ded6e2da1e9777d1b4d75f30ab9ac80803c90a/68747470733a2f2f686d6e2e6d642f636f6e74656e742f7468656d65732f686d6e6d642f6173736574732f696d616765732f686d2d6c6f676f2e737667) Cavalcade is a scalable job system, designed as a drop-in replacement for WordPress's built-in pseudo-cron system. [![Flowchart of how Cavalcade works](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/956bc17b4b67f3a05924e6622b770eaf5f3d8b4b0ac736d86ecf1fe7116aad29/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6e7954464466522e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/956bc17b4b67f3a05924e6622b770eaf5f3d8b4b0ac736d86ecf1fe7116aad29/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6e7954464466522e706e67) From the WordPress side, none of your code needs to change. Cavalcade transparently integrates with the existing wp-cron functions to act as a full replacement. Cavalcade pushes these jobs off into their own database table for efficient storage. At the core of Cavalcade is the job runner. The runner is a daemon that supervises the entire system. The runner constantly checks the database for new jobs, and is responsible for spawning and managing workers to handle the jobs when they're ready. The runner spawns workers, which perform the actual tasks themselves. This is done by running a special WP-CLI command. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) **[View documentation →](https://github.com/humanmade/Cavalcade/tree/master/docs)** - [Motivation](docs/motivation.md) - Why Cavalcade? - [Installation](docs/install.md) - [Example Use Cases](docs/examples.md) - [Plugins](docs/plugins.md) - Extending the functionality of Cavalcade License ------- [](#license) Cavalcade is [licensed under the GPLv2 or later](LICENSE.txt). Who? ---- [](#who) Created by Human Made for high volume and large-scale sites, such as [Happytables](http://happytables.com/). We run Cavalcade on sites with millions of monthly page views, and thousands of sites, including [The Tab](http://thetab.com/), and the [United Influencers](http://unitedinfluencers.se/) network. Maintained by [Ryan McCue](https://github.com/rmccue). Interested in joining in on the fun? [Join us, and become human!](https://hmn.md/is/hiring/) ### Health Score 55 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance53 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity56 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community37 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~249 days Recently: every ~261 days Total 6 Last Release 1343d ago Major Versions 1.0.1 → 2.0.02020-02-18 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21655?v=4)[Ryan McCue](/maintainers/rmccue)[@rmccue](https://github.com/rmccue) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/77dbeefb7745010589603f2ffc6ff310d8f700b58e08d52af190744c43342526?d=identicon)[roborourke](/maintainers/roborourke) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1d0ffccdc5d339ff98a91e1b224a0d92f93dc8c2f772124473a76655b83129c?d=identicon)[joehoyle](/maintainers/joehoyle) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d90a938633be46488e62828ea10317d70e8d039bdd5070f5760139ca91a38362?d=identicon)[kovshenin](/maintainers/kovshenin) --- Top Contributors [![peterwilsoncc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/519727?v=4)](https://github.com/peterwilsoncc "peterwilsoncc (99 commits)")[![rmccue](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21655?v=4)](https://github.com/rmccue "rmccue (68 commits)")[![roborourke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23417?v=4)](https://github.com/roborourke "roborourke (56 commits)")[![joehoyle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/161683?v=4)](https://github.com/joehoyle "joehoyle (12 commits)")[![dd32](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/767313?v=4)](https://github.com/dd32 "dd32 (8 commits)")[![tillkruss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/665029?v=4)](https://github.com/tillkruss "tillkruss (6 commits)")[![iandunn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/484068?v=4)](https://github.com/iandunn "iandunn (5 commits)")[![onnimonni](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5691777?v=4)](https://github.com/onnimonni "onnimonni (5 commits)")[![mihdan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/666732?v=4)](https://github.com/mihdan "mihdan (3 commits)")[![tfrommen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6049306?v=4)](https://github.com/tfrommen "tfrommen (3 commits)")[![jasonheecs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9844923?v=4)](https://github.com/jasonheecs "jasonheecs (2 commits)")[![dan-westall](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1890984?v=4)](https://github.com/dan-westall "dan-westall (1 commits)")[![Japh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237905?v=4)](https://github.com/Japh "Japh (1 commits)")[![faishal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1633818?v=4)](https://github.com/faishal "faishal (1 commits)")[![ocean90](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/617637?v=4)](https://github.com/ocean90 "ocean90 (1 commits)") --- Tags cavalcademultisitescheduled-taskswordpresswordpress-pluginworkerswp-cliwp-cron ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/humanmade-cavalcade/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/humanmade-cavalcade/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/humanmade-cavalcade) ``` ### Alternatives [league/geotools Geo-related tools PHP 7.3+ library 1.4k5.3M26](/packages/league-geotools)[react/async Async utilities and fibers for ReactPHP 2228.8M171](/packages/react-async)[react/promise-stream The missing link between Promise-land and Stream-land for ReactPHP 11512.9M45](/packages/react-promise-stream)[illuminate/bus The Illuminate Bus package. 6043.8M409](/packages/illuminate-bus)[google/cloud-pubsub Cloud PubSub Client for PHP 9017.1M63](/packages/google-cloud-pubsub)[fotografde/cakephp-sms SMS Plugin for CakePHP 1273.2k](/packages/fotografde-cakephp-sms) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)