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0.1

The initial version.
NEW FEATURE: A Menu
NEW FEATURE: A Readme file
NEw FEATURE: Hitting an external cron

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Some hosts suck. They don’t include basic things like cron that plenty of scripts need. Luckily for us, we can mimic wget http://example.com with this plugin. It’s about as simple as plugins get, but should make your life a bit easier.

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What kind of scotch should I drink in step 4

There is no perfect answer to this. As an everyday scotch, I think you can do much worse then the Highland Park 12.

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Upload wordpress-hit-an-external-cron.php to the plugins directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Add the URL of the page you want to hit daily to the Settings > External Cron Settings screen
Drink a glass of scotch and be happy that your bad host is no longer an issue

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