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wpsmith/cron
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WordPress Cron.

0.0.2(7y ago)021[1 issues](https://github.com/wpsmith/Cron/issues)GPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=5.2.4

Since Jun 12Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (3)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~20 days

Total

2

Last Release

2873d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/46adebc3eebe7494dba592e75ac8f8572222050648b0283515b4a5896648d846?d=identicon)[wpsmith](/maintainers/wpsmith)

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Top Contributors

[![wpsmith](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/817366?v=4)](https://github.com/wpsmith "wpsmith (9 commits)")

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Tags

schedulerwordpresscron

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