MainWP Blog - September 6, 2023

WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system, is loved for its flexibility and ease of use. Yet, there are specific components within its architecture that, if left unchecked, can become performance bottlenecks. One such component is the WP-Cron, a pseudo-cron system for scheduling tasks in WordPress. What is WP-Cron? WP-Cron is WordPress’s task scheduler, ensuring scheduled events like publishing posts, checking for theme and plugin updates, or sending out email notifications occur on time. Unlike a traditional cron job, Continue reading the post...