Debug Bar Cron

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Reviewers call it clear and genuinely useful for seeing whether scheduled events are firing, and they say it makes debugging cron on a site much easier.

1. ★★★★★ Steven Gliebe

   9.9y ago

   This has been great for checking if WordPress’s scheduled events are firing. Good for checking if you need to setup a real cron job or if that real cron job is failing. Very clear presentation. This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by Steven Gliebe.

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2. ★★★★★ Jon Christopher

   13.8y ago

   cron can be confusing. This addition to Debug-Bar can make working with cron that much easier. Fantastic work by fantastic developers!

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3. ★★★★★ Jake Goldman

   13.8y ago

   Total bias admission up front – Zack and Helen work for me at 10up, and the plug-in was at least partly inspired by some challenges with a few of our projects. That said, Debug Bar Cron sites elegantly atop the Debug Bar plug-in and provides an immediate and detailed snap shot of all scheduled events. It has been essential when debugging unusual site behavior, particularly around event scheduling.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-22 500+ → 400+ down after 271 days in tier
2. 2025-08-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-08-23 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
4. 2025-07-28 600+ → 500+ down after 292 days in tier
5. 2024-10-09 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-10-08 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-10-07 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-10-06 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Crontrol 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Query Monitor 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
• Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Transients Manager 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C
• A Action Scheduler 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B

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Debug Bar Cron: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/debug-bar-cron