<p>Minuttes is a monitoring layer for Action Scheduler, built for store owners and agencies that need visibility into the background processing their stores depend on.</p>
<p>It pairs with the hosted dashboard at minuttes.com, but the plugin works standalone — use it as a GraphQL API for Action Scheduler, a drop-in way to reduce Action Scheduler’s log volume, or a settings screen that detects bundled Action Scheduler conflicts between plugins. It also offers a stop button to suspend the Action Scheduler queue. Every capability is exposed over WP-CLI (<code>wp minuttes ...</code>), so operators, scripts, and AI agents can drive it straight from the terminal.</p>
<p>minuttes.com is an optional, paid subscription and is not required. The plugin’s own features — the GraphQL API, the WP-CLI command suite, queue suspend/resume, the critical-only logger, and conflict detection — work on their own, for free. Features marked (via minuttes.com) add the hosted dashboard, and connecting to it always requires explicit authorization on your site.</p>
<p><strong>Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Built-in GraphQL API for Action Scheduler — query queue status, job statistics, database metrics, stuck claims, WP-Cron, and WooCommerce Subscription data for your own integrations and tooling</li>
<li>Complete WP-CLI command suite (<code>wp minuttes ...</code>) — read queue status, statistics, hooks, groups, database usage, logs, WP-Cron and subscriptions, and control the queue, logger, stuck claims, and hook/group blocking from the terminal; every read command supports <code>--format=json</code> for scripts and AI agents</li>
<li>Suspend and resume the Action Scheduler queue</li>
<li>Switch to a critical-only logger that keeps only errors and failures, cutting Action Scheduler log writes and keeping the database lean</li>
<li>Detect multiple bundled copies of Action Scheduler across installed plugins</li>
<li>Track queue status, job statistics, and failing actions (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>View Action Scheduler database usage (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Monitor WP-Cron events and WooCommerce subscription status changes (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Trigger WP-Cron on a fixed schedule — every 1, 5, or 15 minutes — so subscription renewals and queues run on time even on low-traffic sites (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Rate limit or block specific hooks and groups (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Visualize queue health with action count history and trend tracking (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Automatically delete completed, failed, or cancelled actions on a recurring schedule (via minuttes.com)</li>
<li>Detect and automatically clear stuck claims that block queue processing (via minuttes.com)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following third-party library:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/webonyx/graphql-php" rel="nofollow ugc">webonyx/graphql-php</a> – MIT License</li>
</ul>


Minuttes

Monitor and manage Action Scheduler. Stay on top of background task queues, WP-Cron jobs, and WooCommerce subscription changes.

Sayan Datta

<p>The WP-Cron system in WordPress is not a “real” cron system, which means events may not run exactly according to their schedule because the system relies on regular traffic to the website in order to trigger scheduled events.</p>
<h3>Reasons WP-Cron events can miss their schedule</h3>
<ul>
<li>Low traffic websites may not trigger the event runner often enough</li>
<li>A fatal error caused by a plugin or theme may break the event runner</li>
<li>A plugin or theme may intentionally or unintentionally break the event runner</li>
<li>BasicAuth, a firewall, or other access restrictions may block the event runner</li>
<li>A problem with your web hosting or web server may break the event runner</li>
<li>The <code>DISABLE_WP_CRON</code> configuration constant is set but no alternative cron runner has been put in place</li>
<li>Long-running events may temporarily block the event runner</li>
<li>High traffic websites may suffer from sequential processing issues that block the event runner</li>
</ul>
<p>The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin does alter the way that WordPress core runs cron events using the Action Scheduler Library.</p>
<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 occassions.</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 to 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>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Community support via the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/" rel="ugc">support forums</a> at WordPress.org.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<ul>
<li>Active development of this plugin is handled <a href="https://github.com/iamsayan/advanced-cron-scheduler/" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</li>
<li>Feel free to <a href="https://github.com/iamsayan/advanced-cron-scheduler/" rel="nofollow ugc">fork the project on GitHub</a> and submit your contributions via pull request.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Action Scheduler is developed and maintained by <a href="http://automattic.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Automattic</a>.</p>


Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress

The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.

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