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

Mehedi Hasan

<p>Simple Auto Post Scheduler is a powerful yet simple plugin that allows you to schedule your draft posts to be automatically published at specific dates and times. Perfect for bloggers, content managers, and anyone who wants to automate their content publishing workflow.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Schedule posts to publish at specific date and time</li>
<li>Set recurring intervals (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)</li>
<li>Simple and intuitive user interface</li>
<li>Dashboard widget showing upcoming scheduled posts</li>
<li>Post editor meta box for quick schedule overview</li>
<li>Automatic cleanup of old completed schedules</li>
<li>Fully responsive admin interface</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Use Cases:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Schedule blog posts for optimal publishing times</li>
<li>Automate content distribution throughout the week</li>
<li>Plan content calendar in advance</li>
<li>Maintain consistent posting schedule</li>
<li>Publish content during off-hours or vacations</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How It Works:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Create your post as a draft</li>
<li>Go to Simple Auto Post Scheduler <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Add New</li>
<li>Select your draft post</li>
<li>Choose date and time</li>
<li>Optionally set recurring interval</li>
<li>Your post will automatically publish at the scheduled time</li>
</ol>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit our support forum or contact us through our website.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed with ❤️ for the WordPress community.</p>


Simple Auto Post Scheduler

Schedule posts to be published at specific times and intervals with an easy-to-use interface.

Action Scheduler vs Simple Auto Post Scheduler