sandywp / plugins / scheduled-post-trigger
MWW Scheduled Post Trigger
Publishes missed scheduled posts when WordPress Cron fails. Ideal for small to medium sites.
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v3.3 60,000+ installs WP 4.2+ PHP 7.0+
About this plugin
When a visitor loads your site, this lightweight script checks to see if any scheduled posts have been missed. If so, it publishes them immediately.
Questions
- Can I use this on a high-traffic site?
This plugin is meant as a stop-gap until you and your web host determine why the built-in WordPress Cron Scheduler is not working. This plugin is not designed for continuous use on large sites that have over 10k of scheduled posts or heavy traffic.
- How often does it check missed posts?
Every time someone loads your home page or a single post/article.
- I’ve activated the plugin-and the posts are not publishing
Make sure your time zone is set correctly. Make sure there are no plugin conflicts by turning off your other plugins, one by one. Especially caching plugins.
- The plugin is giving the site a memory error or white screen
If your database has a significant number of scheduled posts (over 10k) or you have heavy traffic, then you might not have enough memory allocated to WordPress. You can try adding this line in your wp_config.php file:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');If you’re still having memory problems, then talk to your web host about your root problem: the built-in WordPress Cron Scheduler is not publishing your scheduled posts.
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