WP-Cron Control
by Automattic · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to take control over the execution of cron jobs.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,397 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 210 days in band
- 2025-04-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 34 days in band
- 2025-02-28 2K+ → 1K+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-02-19 1K+ → 2K+ up after 28 days in band
- 2025-01-22 2K+ → 1K+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-01-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 41 days in band
- 2024-11-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 358 days in band
- 2023-12-07 3K+ → 2K+ down after 215 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Crontrol 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cron Jobs 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Cron Logger 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Cron HTTP Auth 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Cron Cleaner 500+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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