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Total downloads: 29,491
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 15
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/19/2025 (88 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/6/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 5.6.20

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 88 days ago • 15 reviews

63/100

Is WP Cron HTTP Auth abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 88 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6.20

Ratings

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Developers

Jeff Starr (Owner)31

Languages

German19,853Italian15,565

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Description

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.

New! Supports defined constants via wp-config.php (learn more)

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 Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.

Support development

I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:

And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:

Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Installation

Installing the Plugin

  1. Upload the plugin to your blog and activate
  2. Visit the plugin settings to configure options

More info on installing WP plugins

Using Constants

Thanks to feedback from @nowakpiotrek, this plugin supports username and password constants defined in WordPress wp-config.php. So instead of entering the username and password via the plugin settings, you can add the following definitions to the wp-config.php file, just before the line that says, “That’s all, stop editing!” There you can add the following code:

define('WP_CRON_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME', 'your-http-auth-username');
define('WP_CRON_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD', 'your-http-auth-password');

Change your-http-auth-username and your-http-auth-password to match your username and password, respectively. After saving changes, you can verify the new constants are working by visiting the plugin settings page. If the constants are working, the username and password options will be greyed out, with a message that says, “Username/Password set in wp-config.php”.

Uninstalling

This plugin cleans up after itself. All plugin settings will be removed from the WordPress database when the plugin is uninstalled via the Plugins screen.

Restore Default Options

To restore default options, uninstall the plugin via the WP Plugins screen, and then reinstall.

Like the plugin?

If you like WP Cron HTTP Auth, please take a moment to give a 5-star rating. It helps to keep development and support going strong. Thank you!

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this work for WP Multisite?

Yes, this plugin works great on Multisite.

How to test if the plugin is working?

To test if this plugin is working, follow these steps:

  1. Install and activate the excellent plugin, WP Crontrol

  2. Visit the “Cron Events” screen in the WP Admin Area (under Tools menu)

  3. Look for a warning message at the top of the screen that says:

“There was a problem spawning a call to the WP-Cron system on your site. This means WP-Cron events on your site may not work. The problem was: Unexpected HTTP response code: 401”

If the warning message is displayed, then HTTP Auth is blocking WP Cron. Otherwise, if no warning message is displayed, WP Cron is working normally.

Note: after testing it is fine to delete the WP Crontrol plugin if no longer needed.

Got a question?

Send any questions or feedback via my contact form

Review feed

Bowo
9/5/2019

Works like charm!

Needed it. Simply works. Awesomeness. :-)
fychan66
3/30/2020

Solved our Staging and Dev environment issues

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.

Screenshots

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    Plugin settings

Changelog

If you like WP Cron HTTP Auth, please take a moment to give a 5-star rating. It helps to keep development and support going strong. Thank you!

3.3 (2025/11/19)

  • Restores load_i18n()
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Generates new language template
  • Tests on WordPress 6.9 (beta)

Full changelog @ https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/wp-cron-http-auth.txt

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