Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Most reviewers call it the go-to tool for managing WP cron jobs and praise the interface and the support replies, though a couple report a broken dashboard and compatibility checks lagging behind.

1. ★★★★★ alufhakidum

   1.9y ago

   Such a useful and helpful plugin! We’ve been doing so many apis batches and crons and this plugin is just amazing and helping us control all our crons nicely and easily. The support team are also useful and great. I highly recommend this plugin. thanks guys keep up the good work

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2. ★★★★★ CypressWebs

   2.2y ago

   The dashboard is all messed up and can’t use it. Even disabled all other plugins to see if conflict.

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3. ★★★★★ mrdumont

   2.5y ago

   This is the essential tool for managing your WP cron jobs. It works very well and support is great. The Pro version adds useful tools for my more complex projects.

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4. ★★★★★ KirstyP

   3.0y ago

   Really helpful support team and useful plugin

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5. ★★★★★ Reinaldo

   4.7y ago

   After several weeks of trying to solve issues with SMTP problems and Action Schedulers, I fund this plugin. The solution to logs in SMTP and stuck action schedules was deleting old plugins actions calls that I only found in the cron job tool of this plugin. I deleted and the problems were solved. Rgds.

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6. ★★★★★ Christian Saborio

   5.1y ago

   I tried a few others for testing my cron events and when I executed them they created a duplicate of my cron event, which caused all kinds of errors. This plugin, on the other hand, executed everything perfectly. The interface is a pleasure to work with as it filters things on the fly, very dynamic. Basically the only cron plugin you need, look no further. Kudos to the devs for a very well-designed plugin!

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7. ★★★★★ 2E0ELI

   5.3y ago

   When we moved the site from our home server to a hosting company a plugin of this type became very important to us. Very handy for kicking a scheduled job into life when needed. However, the compatibility checking is lagging a little behind. Looking forward to an update soon when the rating can be upped to 5 star.

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8. ★★★★★ Gulshan Kumar

   5.5y ago

   One of my trusted plugin. Super neat and clean UI. Thanks

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.7.0 [Changed] Event hash no longer includes next execution timestamp, making it stable across reschedulings [Fixed] “In queue” cron events failing to delete, run, or pause with “wrong_nonce” error [Fixed] Bulk actions (remov 2.7.0
2. — Version 2.6.4 [Security] Improved event hook sanitization using sanitize_text_field() to prevent XSS while allowing valid hook characters [Security] Added validation for schedule intervals to prevent invalid values [Security] Strength 2.6.4
3. — Version 2.6.3 [Fixed] Fixed translation loading issue that was triggered too early in AdminScreen constructor. [Fixed] Fixed AdminScreen instance inconsistency that prevented CSS and JS assets from loading on plugin page. [Fixed] Fixe 2.6.3
4. — Version 2.6.2 [Fixed] Fixed stable package creation issues – moved package exclusions to .distignore and ensured vendor and assets directories are included. 2.6.2
5. — Version 2.6.1 [Changed] Exclude Claude configuration files from plugin distribution exports. [Changed] Add composer and yarn build steps to stable release workflow. 2.6.1
6. — Version 2.6.0 [Changed] Removed textdomain loading to fix WordPress 6.7+ localization warnings – translations now load automatically from GlotPress. [Changed] Server Scheduler section now detects when DISABLE_WP_CRON constant is defin 2.6.0

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-10-30 CVE-2024-4004 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.6 Patched in 2.5.7
2. Medium · 4.3 Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control <= 2.5.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-08-07 CVE-2024-43154 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.5.9 Patched in 2.5.10
3. Medium · 4.4 Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control <= 2.5.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-04-10 CVE-2024-31926 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.2 Patched in 2.5.3
4. Medium · 4.3 Advanced Cron Manager <= 2.4.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Events/Schedules Creation/Deletion ↗
   2022-01-04 CVE-2021-25084 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.4.2 Patched in 2.4.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 11 languages, 4 at 90% or more

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