lakrisgubben

<p>There are some <a href="https://tommcfarlin.com/wordpress-cron-jobs/" rel="nofollow ugc">inherent problems to the way wp-cron works.</a> Sometimes you want to disable it and run your own (real) cron instead. This is usually quite simple, just disable wp-cron and set up a job that pings your sites wp-cron.php file on a regular interval. The problem comes when you have a multisite installation and need to ping alot of different sites wp-cron.php file. This plugin helps with that problem by creating a file with a list of url’s to all wp-cron.php files in a WordPress multisite installation.</p>


WPMS Cron List

Creates a list of url's to all wp-cron files in a WPMS installation. Useful if you've disabled wp-cron and are running an external cronjob.

Automattic

Mohammad Jangda

Erick Hitter

Thorsten Ott

<p>This plugin allows you to take control over the execution of cron jobs. It’s mainly useful for sites that either don’t get enough comments to ensure a frequent execution of wp-cron or for sites where the execution of cron via regular methods can cause race conditions resulting in multiple execution of wp-cron at the same time. It can also help when you run into posts that missed their schedule.</p>
<p>This plugin implements a secret parameter and ensures that cron jobs are only executed when this parameter is existing.</p>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
<p>This plugin performs a <code>remove_action( 'sanitize_comment_cookies', 'wp_cron' );</code> call in order to disable the spawning of new cron processes via the regular WordPress method. If <code>wp_cron</code> is hooked in an other action or called directly this might cause trouble.</p>


WP-Cron Control

This plugin allows you to take control over the execution of cron jobs.

WPMS Cron List vs WP-Cron Control