brockangelo

This plugin schedules a daily event using wp_cron that deletes all comments marked “spam” in the database, then optimizes the comments table.
Brief reason why I made such a low-tech plugin:
Akismet catches all the spam, but when I was looking at the size of my backups one day, 
I noticed that there were large numbers of comment spam across several sites that were undeleted and they 
made the databases fairly large. So I setup a cron job on my server that deletes the spam.
Since I had never written a plugin, I thought this might be helpful for those who do not have 
a dedicated server, shell access to their site, or the knowledge of (or interest in ) cron to set this up.
Spam is not deleted until you start the schedule after the plugin is activated. I created buttons 
to start and stop the schedule if you need that layer of control. There is also a button for deleting all spam manually.

Delete Spam Daily

Uses wp_cron to delete comments each day that are marked "spam" in the database.

chrispage1

<h4>Cronjob Scheduler</h4>
Cronjob Scheduler allows you to create custom WordPress tasks that are automatically triggered on a schedule you define. 
Cronjob Scheduler does not overwrite WordPress’s existing scheduling functionality, which it and plugins use for a number of internal tasks. 
Instead, it simply replaces the standard WordPress mechanism which triggers them with a more reliable one from your operating system. 
In addition, it helps improve your site speed by making the server handle recurring tasks, rather than unsuspecting visitors…
The motivation behind building this plugin was out of frustration with other similar plugins that claim to do the same thing.
Cronjob Scheduler allows you to run frequent tasks reliably and timely without anyone having to visit your site at all. All you need is at least 1 action and a Unix Crontab schedule!
<h4>About</h4>
This plugin was designed and built by Motocom. It is designed to make easy work of creating and managing custom cron jobs. If this plugin has been helpful for you, then please donate to keep our WordPress plugin projects running!

Cronjob Scheduler

I was in need of this while debugging some the WordPress cron. Thanks for making it easier.



Perfect plugin

We have used this plugin in several of our project lately to manage the cron jobs running.
Instead of writing all the code to manage this manually we use this plugin and it works beautifully. Recommended!



Good plugin

Cronjob Scheduler allows you to automate regular tasks and actions within your WordPress installation!

Delete Spam Daily vs Cronjob Scheduler