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WordPress’s built in cron system is clever, but notoriously unreliable. <a href="https://deadmanssnitch.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Dead Man’s Snitch</a> is a great service for monitoring any sort of scheduled task, and is a simple way to make sure that your WordPress cron jobs are working properly. If WP-Cron isn’t working properly, WordPress might not be updating itself regularly, scheduled posts may turn up late or not at all, and other features you count on might not work.
This plugin simply allows you to store your Snitch URL in the WordPress admin, and requests it once per hour. If Dead Man’s Snitch doesn’t hear from WordPress when it expects to, it’ll send you an email notification.

WP Dead Man’s Snitch

WordPress's built in cron system is clever, but notoriously unreliable.

Jeff Starr

This plugin enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.
How to use: Visit the plugin settings, enter your HTTP Auth credentials, save changes, and done.
Everything happens silently and automatically in the background.
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New! Supports defined constants via wp-config.php (<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cron-http-auth/#installation" rel="ugc">learn more</a>)
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Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
WP Cron HTTP Auth is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
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WP Cron HTTP Auth

Needed it. Simply works. Awesomeness. :-)

Works like charm!

Exactly what was needed to solve the cron task problems we encountered once we put in place Require valid user restrictions into our .htaccess file.

Small plugin. Does exactly what it says on the tin. No spam. No ads. No nags.

Solved our Staging and Dev environment issues

Enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.

WP Dead Man’s Snitch vs WP Cron HTTP Auth