WP Crontrol

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ phoenix36

   2mo ago

   Good manager for my cronjobs can easily run new cronjob earlier as scheduled!

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2. ★★★★★ patboran

   7mo ago

   Not currently working for me, but developer points out that the issue is probably at my site rather than with the app. Which I will, of course, look into. This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by patboran.

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3. ★★★★★ eLmore

   7mo ago

   Always use this plugin to debug my cron jobs. It’s extremely simple and easy to use.

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4. ★★★★★ kloddant

   7mo ago

   Does what it is supposed to.

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5. ★★★★★ orangeracoon

   9mo ago

   during last summer, I was having an almost impossible problem of my tables that would Stop rendering after around 24 hours, initially I thought it was a Cloudflare issue , so I spent weeks excluding rules from caching. It was not until I installed WPCron did it learn that Elementor was running one particular Cron job that were completely unrelated to any of the material or topic which was breaking the rendering of the tables . I literally worked on addressing this bug on and off for several months . it was eye opening to see the number of Cron jobs that WordPress plugins run . And for a a free plugin , I think it is a must have tool to have , I would even consider making it part of core. Thank You . 😊

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6. ★★★★★ Farzad

   1.0y ago

   I Mainly use it to watch how my Cron Jobs are working. This topic was modified 11 months ago by Farzad.

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   1.0y ago

   I can do all these things on my site’s backend without having to mess with databases.

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8. ★★★★★ ferryvb6

   1.1y ago

   when the plugin is removed it leave a big error calling out every single plugin installed.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.21.0 Adds support for invalid args in cron events by relaxing the strict typing and showing a warning on the listing and editing screens. 1.21.0
2. — Version 1.20.0 Confirms support for WordPress 6.9 Minor UI and UX improvements Some architectural changes to prepare for future enhancements 1.20.0
3. — Version 1.19.3 Corrects the handling of closures as cron event actions. 1.19.3
4. — Version 1.19.2 Security: Hardens the “URL cron event” functionality by rejecting disallowed URLs. More information see the security advisory . Tweaks the display of some non-persistent WordPress core hooks when Multisite is enabled. 1.19.2
5. — Version 1.19.1 Reinstates the ability to edit the Action Scheduler event. 1.19.1
6. — Version 1.19.0 Confirms support for WordPress 6.8 Further improvements to the display of dates, intervals, and timezones for increased clarity Adds more contextual help links for problematic events Various UI and UX improvements 1.19.0

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

1. Medium · 5.9 WP Crontrol - 1.17.0 - 1.19.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2025-08-21 CVE-2025-8678 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects 1.17.0 - 1.19.1 Patched in 1.19.2
2. High · 7.5 WP Crontrol <= 1.16.1 - Remote Code Execution ↗
   2024-03-24 CVE-2024-28850 Download of Code Without Integrity Check Affects <= 1.16.1 Patched in 1.16.2
3. Medium · 6.1 WP Crontrol < 1.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2015-08-21 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.3 Patched in 1.3

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

Translated into 68 languages, 12 at 90% or more

Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-09-10 200K+ → 300K+ up

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).

• Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B
• WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
• WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag D

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WP Crontrol: 300K+ active installs, 4.5★ (165 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-crontrol