Automattic

Claudio Sanches

Ron Rennick

royho

Barry

Peter Fabian

sadowski

Vedanshu - a11n

Julia Amosova

Néstor Soriano Vilchez

obliviousharmony

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.
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.
Think of it like an extension to <code>do_action()</code> which adds the ability to delay and repeat a hook.
<h3>Battle-Tested Background Processing</h3>
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.
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.
This is all on infrastructure and WordPress sites outside the control of the plugin author.
If your plugin needs background processing, especially of large sets of tasks, Action Scheduler can help.
<h3>Learn More</h3>
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>.
There you will find:
<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>
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>.
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.

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

Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling System plugin for WordPress to get reservations & payments via an Online Scheduler.
Scheduly’s booking widget is designed to drive sales by making it very easy to your clients to make reservations with you. From you admin panel you can manage scheduling rules, create equipment, services, clients and send automated appointment reminders via email. All in the free version.
Once you install the scheduly booking plugin you can embed your products or services on any page. From there your clients would be able to see your products or services calendar and reserve online!
But don’t let its simplicity fool you. Scheduly is backed with powerful admin panel to automate the entire appointment scheduling or equipment rentalof any small or large business.
The Scheduly Plugin is free and is one of the fastest growing scheduling plugins for WordPress.
Stay away from heavy and clunky booking calendar plugins that provide you with very limited functions while bloating and slowing down your website. Scheduly will provide you with a powerful dashboard on the cloud with all the heavy processing taking place in our robust servers rather than overloading your website.
In this way you will always be using the latest version of Scheduly not having to worry about updates or your the impact this plugin is causing on site’s speed. Additionally you can share your online scheduler link with your clients so that they can book via other channels as well such as Facebook, SMS, Email etc.
Scheduly is free. However as an option you can upgrade to Scheduly Pro and enjoy more advanced features such as presonilised colours, stripe payments, protect you from no-shows or damage, create smart discount coupons and integrate with Google calendar.
There is no need to purchase add-ons. Everything is included. For more information see <a href="https://scheduly.com/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Pricing</a>
| <a href="https://scheduly.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Homepage</a> | <a href="https://scheduly.com/admin" rel="nofollow ugc">Sign in</a> | <a href="https://scheduly.com/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">Sign up</a> | <a href="https://scheduly.com/#features" rel="nofollow ugc">Features</a> | <a href="https://scheduly.com/partner/demo" rel="nofollow ugc">Online Scheduler Demo</a> | <a href="https://scheduly.com/help" rel="nofollow ugc">Help</a>
<h3>KEY BENEFITS:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Receive reservations 24/7</li>
<li>Alternative/reduction to taking bookings over the phone</li>
<li>Simple online scheduler for your clients to use</li>
<li>Simple and intuitive admin panel</li>
<li>Receive bookings not only from your website but also from Facebook, email, etc.</li>
<li>Powerful features</li>
<li>External data storage and procesing so it does not slow down your website</li>
<li>Onlne scheduler 100% responsive and functional on any device</li>
<li>Admin panel 100% responsieve and funcional on any device</li>
<li>Send free email reminders</li>
<li>Does not require coding or IT capabilities for installtion or use</li>
<li>Optional advanced features:
<ul>
<li>Stripe integration</li>
<li>Request deposits to secure appointments</li>
<li>No show protection</li>
<li>Offer smart coupons to boost sales</li>
<li>More effective SMS reminders</li>
<li>Accept/decline booking requests</li>
<li>Google calendar integration</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>FEATURES:</h3>
Free Plan
<ul>
<li>Powerful external admin panel</li>
<li>Booking Calendar</li>
<li>Online scheduler</li>
<li>Exclusive url link to your scheduler</li>
<li>Customizable scheduling rules</li>
<li>Unlimited services</li>
<li>Unlimited clients</li>
<li>Reports & Analytics</li>
</ul>
Scheduly Pro
<ul>
<li>Stripe integration</li>
<li>Online payments/deposits</li>
<li>Smart Coupons</li>
<li>Import/export customer list</li>
<li>Google calendar integration</li>
<li>Downgrade to free anytime</li>
<li>No hidden costs</li>
<li>No need to purchase any add-ons</li>
</ul>
<h3>SCHEDULY IS GREAT FOR:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Equipment Rental or scheduling</li>
<li>Rental companies of any industry: construction, A/V, parties, events, sports, entertainment, boats, medical equipment, oil and gas, etc</li>
<li>Client scheduling (meetings with clients)</li>
<li>Professional services (business consultants, accountants, lawyers, photographers, cleaning services)</li>
<li>Salons & Barbers (Hair salons, nail salons, cosmetology, tanning, studios, tattoo shops)</li>
<li>Beauty & wellness (cosmetics, spas, massage, saunas)</li>
<li>Medicine & health (Doctors, clinics, dentists, psycologists, medical centers)</li>
<li>Recruiting & HR (interviews, performace reviews, training)</li>
<li>Education (Teachers, tutors, private lessons)</li>
<li>Fitness (personal trainers, coaches, yoga classes, gyms, dance classes, health clubs)</li>
</ul>
<h3>FURTHER INFORMATION</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://scheduly.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scheduly.com/appointment-scheduling-software" rel="nofollow ugc">Appoinment scheduling software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scheduly.com/equipment-rental-software" rel="nofollow ugc">Equipment-rental-software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scheduly.com/help" rel="nofollow ugc">Help</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scheduly.com/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Blog</a></li>
</ul>

Scheduly – Appointment & Equipment Rental Booking Widget

Add a widget to your website to let clients reserve appointments or equipment and pay online.

Action Scheduler vs Scheduly – Appointment & Equipment Rental Booking Widget