MainWP CoreYou can disable WP-Cron and set your own Cron jobs to run at the times you prefer. Once you disable WP-Cron on the MainWP Settings page of your Dashboard (Dashboard -> Settings > Advanced Settings: Use WP Cron), MainWP will remove all of its schedules.
Once disabled, you can then add the following files to the crontab. Directly under each file, the commands to add to the crontab are added: The reason the “PHP” call is preferred is that this eliminates the HTTP issues (timeouts of the webserver, etc..)
To find out how to set up a Cron for your hosting provider, contact their support or help documentation.
Commands to use in Crontab:
The preferred option, calling directly from the command line (beware, the path to PHP may vary depending on your host)
/usr/bin/php /path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1Alternative option, calling the site:
wget -O /dev/null http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1Check for available updates
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/updatescheck.php > /dev/null 2>&1This cron job will perform two actions. First, it will first synchronize the Dashboard and then perform auto-updates if any exist.
Ping Child Sites
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/pingchilds.php > /dev/null 2>&1Check Sites Status
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/checkstatuschilds.php > /dev/null 2>&1This cron also controls the Uptime Monitoring feature added in v5.3.
Check Sites Health
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/sitehealthmonitoring.php > /dev/null 2>&1Reconnect Sites
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/stats.php > /dev/null 2>&1Check Domains
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-domain-monitor-extension/cron/domain_monitor_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-domain-monitor-extension/cron/domain_monitor_cron_alert.php > /dev/null 2>&1Audit Sites
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1Audit Sites – Continue
Frequency: every 5 minutes (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron_sync.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1Start Maintenance
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-maintenance-extension/cron/cron_job_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1Continue Maintenance
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-maintenance-extension/cron/cron_job_continue.php > /dev/null 2>&1Drip Articles
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-post-dripper-extension/cron/post_dripper.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Report Notifications
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/notice_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Reports
Frequency: every 5 minutes (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/send_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Reports – Continue
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/continue_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-sucuri-extension/cron/securityscan_notification.php > /dev/null 2>&1Start Monitor
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-ssl-monitor-extension/cron/ssl_monitor_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1Continue Monitor
Frequency: every 5 minute (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-ssl-monitor-extension/cron/ssl_monitor_cron_continue_run.php > /dev/null 2>&1Vulnerability Check
Frequency: every ten minutes (crontab schedule: */10 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-vulnerability-checker-extension/cron/vulnercheck.php > /dev/null 2>&1