Automattic

Claudio Sanches

Ron Rennick

royho

prettyboymp

Barry

Jorge A. Torres

Peter Fabian

sadowski

Vedanshu - Urumi.AI

Néstor Soriano Vilchez

Julia Amosova

obliviousharmony

ovidiul

Corey McKrill

crstauf

<p>Action Scheduler is a scalable, traceable job queue for background processing large sets of actions in WordPress. It’s specially designed to be distributed in WordPress plugins.</p>
<p>Action Scheduler works by triggering an action hook to run at some time in the future. Each hook can be scheduled with unique data, to allow callbacks to perform operations on that data. The hook can also be scheduled to run on one or more occasions.</p>
<p>Think of it like an extension to <code>do_action()</code> which adds the ability to delay and repeat a hook.</p>
<h3>Battle-Tested Background Processing</h3>
<p>Every month, Action Scheduler processes millions of payments for <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Subscriptions</a>, webhooks for <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a>, as well as emails and other events for a range of other plugins.</p>
<p>It’s been seen on live sites processing queues in excess of 50,000 jobs and doing resource intensive operations, like processing payments and creating orders, at a sustained rate of over 10,000 / hour without negatively impacting normal site operations.</p>
<p>This is all on infrastructure and WordPress sites outside the control of the plugin author.</p>
<p>If your plugin needs background processing, especially of large sets of tasks, Action Scheduler can help.</p>
<h3>Learn More</h3>
<p>To learn more about how Action Scheduler works, and how to use it in your plugin, check out the docs on <a href="https://actionscheduler.org" rel="nofollow ugc">ActionScheduler.org</a>.</p>
<p>There you will find:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://actionscheduler.org/usage/" rel="nofollow ugc">Usage guide</a>: instructions on installing and using Action Scheduler</li>
<li><a href="https://actionscheduler.org/wp-cli/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP CLI guide</a>: instructions on running Action Scheduler at scale via WP CLI</li>
<li><a href="https://actionscheduler.org/api/" rel="nofollow ugc">API Reference</a>: complete reference guide for all API functions</li>
<li><a href="https://actionscheduler.org/admin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Administration Guide</a>: guide to managing scheduled actions via the administration screen</li>
<li><a href="https://actionscheduler.org/perf/" rel="nofollow ugc">Guide to Background Processing at Scale</a>: instructions for running Action Scheduler at scale via the default WP Cron queue runner</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Action Scheduler is developed and maintained by <a href="http://automattic.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Automattic</a> with significant early development completed by <a href="https://flightless.us/" rel="nofollow ugc">Flightless</a>.</p>
<p>Collaboration is cool. We’d love to work with you to improve Action Scheduler. <a href="https://github.com/woocommerce/action-scheduler/pulls" rel="nofollow ugc">Pull Requests</a> welcome.</p>


Action Scheduler

Great to have this functonality in a plugin

Looks like good and useful

How Action Scheduler only has two reviews is beyond me, though I guess I more typically use it as a library within whatever I'm developing rather than as an actual plugin. 

Regardless, Action Scheduler is awesome and an absolutely vital contribution to the WordPress community. It's really the only good way to reliably get intensive, bulk recurring actions happening with useful reporting on if scheduled events are happening and such. WAY better than trying to leverage WP's native "wp-cron" task scheduling system.

Documentation is good too. What more could you ask?

Should be in core


Developers refuse to support their own plugin.  I have no use for something that does not work, and something the developers will not support.



Cannot and will not recommend to anyone... sadly will not make much of a difference because it's in use in every site that utilizes WooCommerce, but, whatever...


Refuses to Support


A must-use if you want to schedule any type of task, no more wp_schedule headaches.


Great time savior plugin

Action Scheduler - Job Queue for WordPress

alextselegidis

<p><strong>Stop sending customers to a separate booking site. Bring the booking form directly into WordPress — and watch your conversions soar.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Easy!Appointments for WordPress</strong> connects your self-hosted Easy!Appointments installation to your site in seconds. Your customers book appointments without ever leaving your page, on your domain, in your brand — all without a SaaS subscription, per-booking fees, or giving up control of your data.</p>
<p>Whether you run a salon, clinic, consultancy, agency, or any service-based business, setup takes minutes and the results are immediate.</p>
<h4>🧱 Built for Gutenberg — First-Class Block Support</h4>
<p>Love the WordPress block editor? So do we. The <strong>Easy!Appointments Gutenberg block</strong> lets you drop the booking form into any page or post in seconds — just like any other block. Search for “Easy!Appointments” in the block inserter, add it, and you’re done. Configure iframe dimensions and pre-select a provider or service right from the block settings panel. No shortcodes, no code, no fuss.</p>
<h4>🎨 Built for Elementor — Drag, Drop, Done</h4>
<p>Already building with Elementor? The <strong>Easy!Appointments Elementor widget</strong> integrates seamlessly into your Elementor workflow. Find it in the widget panel, drag it onto your canvas, and configure everything visually. Full property controls included — width, height, styling, provider and service pre-selection, all without touching a line of code.</p>
<h4>Also Works Everywhere Else</h4>
<p>Not using Gutenberg or Elementor? No problem — the classic <code>[easyappointments]</code> shortcode works in any page builder, theme, or editor that supports shortcodes.</p>
<h4>Why Easy!Appointments beats the rest</h4>
<p>Most booking plugins hold your data hostage. This one doesn’t.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>You own your data</strong> — it stays on your server, always</li>
<li><strong>No vendor lock-in</strong> — self-host Easy!Appointments for free</li>
<li><strong>Zero per-booking or per-user fees</strong> — grow without growing your costs</li>
<li><strong>Works with any theme</strong> — zero conflicts, zero bloat</li>
<li><strong>Clean booking UX</strong> — your customers will actually complete bookings</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>🧱 <strong>Native Gutenberg block</strong> — insert the booking form like any other block</li>
<li>🎨 <strong>Elementor widget</strong> — fully visual drag-and-drop integration</li>
<li>📋 <strong>Shortcode support</strong> — <code>[easyappointments]</code> works everywhere</li>
<li>⚡ Connect to any Easy!Appointments installation in seconds</li>
<li>📱 Fully responsive — looks great on every device</li>
<li>👥 Multi-service and multi-provider support</li>
<li>🎯 Pre-select a provider or service via attributes</li>
<li>🪶 Fast and lightweight — no performance impact</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Salons, barbershops & spas</li>
<li>Consultants & freelancers</li>
<li>Clinics & healthcare providers</li>
<li>Agencies & service businesses</li>
<li>Coaches, tutors & trainers</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Navigate to <strong>Easy!Appts</strong> in your WordPress admin menu</li>
<li>Paste your Easy!Appointments installation URL and connect</li>
<li>Add the booking form using the <strong>Gutenberg block</strong>, the <strong>Elementor widget</strong>, or the <code>[easyappointments]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>Start accepting bookings instantly</li>
</ol>
<h4>Connecting Easy!Appointments with WordPress</h4>
<p>Install and activate the plugin and navigate to the <code>Easy!Appts</code> menu in the WordPress admin section. Connect to an existing Easy!Appointments installation by providing your URL. Once connected you can embed the booking form in any page using your preferred method.</p>
<h4>Gutenberg Block</h4>
<p>Open any page in the block editor, click the <strong>+</strong> button to add a block, and search for <strong>Easy!Appointments</strong>. Add the block and configure it from the settings panel on the right — set width, height, optional inline styles, and optionally pre-select a provider or service by ID.</p>
<h4>Elementor Widget</h4>
<p>Open a page in Elementor, search for <strong>Easy!Appointments</strong> in the widget panel, and drag it onto your canvas. All settings are available as Elementor controls — no custom code needed.</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>Use the <code>[easyappointments]</code> shortcode anywhere in your content:</p>
<pre><code>[easyappointments width="100%" height="500px" style="border: 5px solid #1A865F; box-shadow: #454545 1px 1px 5px;"]
</code></pre>
<p>The <code>width</code>, <code>height</code> and <code>style</code> attributes are optional and let you fine-tune the iframe appearance.</p>
<p>Pre-select a provider and/or service (IDs are found in your Easy!Appointments backend):</p>
<pre><code>[easyappointments provider="2" service="1"]
</code></pre>
<p><em>Minimum Requirements: WordPress v5.0 & PHP v5.6</em></p>
<p><em>Find out more at https://easyappointments.org/wordpress</em></p>


Easy!Appointments

Turn any WordPress page into a live booking system — with native Gutenberg and Elementor support.

Action Scheduler vs Easy!Appointments