My future posts are getting “missed”. They are not getting published on the time they should, and it says “Missed Schedule”. I read somewhere that it could be a server issue, so how can I fix it? 1 Answer 1 Added the following to my theme’s functions.php: define(‘WPMS_DELAY’, 5); // Run the below cron task … Read more
I notice that the documentation for wp_schedule_single_event mentions the following:- The action will fire off when someone visits your WordPress site, if the schedule time has passed. However this does not seem to be true for scheduled posts. I notice that some posts can be missed if wp-cron is not run for a while (not … Read more
I want to be able to set the default time in the options for a Scheduled Post to be a specific time of the day, as opposed to it defaulting to the current time. Is there a plugin or some code I can add/tweak to accomplish this? I was unable to find anything here or … Read more
I am currently in version 3.1 of WordPress and I have a problem with planning my post. In fact, whenever I plan a post, it is written: “Scheduled missed. Could you help me please. 2 Answers 2 Due to your server configuration, you may need to use the alternate cron method, which uses redirect rather … Read more
I have the following hook which sets a default “hotness” for a post. For context, hotness is a meta_value saved to the post, and changes every time someone upvotes or downvotes the post. I use this meta_value to sort posts on a ‘What is hot right now?’ page. Because at the time the post is … Read more
I know I can publicly show future posts in a loop using ‘post_status’ => ‘future’ in WP_Query. But clicking on a future post’s permalink will result in a 404 if you are not a logged-in user. Suppose I have a post called Apocalypse in the post_type ‘event’, scheduled for 12-12-2099. The permalink is mysite.com/event/apocalypse. Is … Read more
If I try to publish posts immediately, they get scheduled for the current time but are published 2 hours later. Also scheduled posts are published 2 hours after the planned time. In think its a timezone issue but I’ve no clue where to look else: WordPress Setting: PHP Setting: I’m on Ubuntu 16.04 and the … Read more
There are multiple reports on how wp-cron is a far from ideal solution because it runs every time a page is loaded, which is unnecessary in most scenarios (one scenario in which it would be necessary is when you use scheduled posts) The common advice is to add define(‘DISABLE_WP_CRON’, true); to wp-config.php then schedule a … Read more
I’m using this bit to insert/update a custom post type from the front-end. The date is set from a custom jquery datepicker. if (strtotime($date) < strtotime(‘tomorrow’)) { $newpostdata[‘post_status’] = ‘publish’; } elseif (strtotime($date) > strtotime(‘today’)) { $newpostdata[‘post_status’] = ‘future’; $newpostdata[‘post_date’] = date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, strtotime($date)); } if (‘insert’ == $operation) { $err = wp_insert_post($newpostdata, true); } … Read more
I have a multi-author baseball site. I want authors to be able to schedule posts to be published at one of four selected times each day. This is important because some authors write game recaps, and an auto-publish of a game recap once the following game has started is pretty worthless. I am looking for … Read more
