Not sure if my assumption is correct regarding running wp-cron from CLI would be slightly faster than calling it via wget or curl, so either way I’m trying this:
/usr/bin/php /var/www/mywebsite.com/wp-cron.php?import_key=<keyhere>&import_id=1&action=processing
I ensured that path to PHP and the file is correct, but I keep getting this error:
Could not open input file: wp-cron.php?import_key=
What am I doing wrong?
Or, you could use WP-CLI which was developed for scenarios like these. After a short installation like this
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
$ chmod +x wp-cli.phar
$ sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
You can run your scheduled tasks like so
$ wp cron event run --due-now --path=/var/www/mywebsite.com/
or via crontab (every 5mins)
*/5 * * * * wp cron event run --due-now --path=/var/www/mywebsite.com/
You could use a specific hook
$ wp cron event run myhook --due-now --path=/var/www/mywebsite.com/
or use the --url parameter.