Get URL Cron

Description

View, create and check cronjobs doing http-URL- or Shortcode-requests.

With Get URL Cron you can
* add, edit, delete cronjobs: request http-URLs or WordPress-Shortcodes at defined times and with several intervals
* check the retrieved result on a required string or JSON-field (to be sure the http-URL- / Shortcode-request was ok)
* retry the http-URL- / Shortcode-request several times on failures
* display all cronjobs in the WordPress-Installation (also those independent of Get URL Cron)
* manually execute Get URL Cron-cronjobs
* Log all requests: 1st Logentry is that the htpp-URL- / Shortcode-request is a try, 2nd Logentry is success or failirure of the request
* send mails for each http-URL- / Shortcode-request: start trying and result of request

Usage

  1. Go to ‘Basic Settings’ in the plugin menu to set basic settings (like E-Mailadress for Statusmessages)
  2. Go to ‘Set CronJobs’ to manage the cron events: Set URL or WordPress-Shortcode, interval, startdate etc.
  3. Store the defined CronJobs
  4. Manually execute a Cronjob by clicking on “execute job”
  5. Check plugin-menu ‘Show CronJobs’: There the scheduled CronJobs “geturlcron_event-” should be listed
  6. Check plugin-menu ‘Show Logs’: There should be at least one entry for the “try”. And if the CronJob has been finished a entry for the result (“FAIL” or “OK”)
  7. If a E-Mailadress is defined, two E-Mails are sent for trying and result.

Screenshots

  • New cron events can be added, modified, deleted, and executed
  • Overview of all running Cronjobs
  • Basic settings for E-Mail-Notification, Timeout. Logfile and uninstall
  • Logfile: See what's going on - try and success / failure

Installation

Basis installation: For detailed installation instructions, please read the standard installation procedure for WordPress plugins.

Configure Get URL Cron: Select “Basic Settings” and set E-Mailadress for Statusmessages, Timeout for the http-URL- / Shortcode-requests and the expiration time of logfile-entries

FAQ

What’s the use of the plugin?

  • Monitor websites / URLs on other Servers to check if the service is ok
  • Cron-Execute WordPress-Shortcodes
  • Generate Custom Post Types with the Plugin JSON Content Importer

Reviews

ডিসেম্বর 17, 2021 1 reply
Tolles Plugin, funktioniert wie es soll und ist einfach zu konfigurieren. Ein kleines Highlight wäre es noch, feste Uhrzeiten hinterlegen zu können. Es ist jedoch möglich durch definieren einer Startzeit und entsprechender Wiederholpausen (z.B. 24 Stunden) auf das gleiche Ergebnis zu kommen.
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Changelog

1.4.8

  • Fixed security issue: Rio D. discovered a security issue. Thank you Rio! For utilize this you need WordPress-Backend-Access and the affected Page is in the WordPress-Adminarea only. Nevertheless: Update your JCI-Plugin, please!

1.4.7

  • Improved display of CronJobs
  • PHP8.1 fixes
  • Minor Bugfixes

1.4.6

  • Display current Servertime on several pages
  • Set DISABLE_WP_CRON to false if not set before
  • Minor Preparations for PHP8-usage

1.4.5

  • Bugfix: Translation settings
  • Minor Improvement if no Cronjob is defined

1.4.4

  • Plugin ok for Translations: POT-File available, MO-File for German included
  • Set Cronjob, startdate: Placeholder shows current servertime
  • Set Cronjob, interval: Additional intervals 5, 10 15 minutes and option “disable”
  • Bugfix: Chronological Sorting of Logfiles
  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.8.3

1.4.3

  • Bugfix: More than 15 Cronjobs now really possible…
  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.8.2

1.4.2

  • Minor Bugfix: No more “PHP Notice”-Messages at Logfile-Display
  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.8

1.4.1

  • “Basic Settings”: You can increase the no of cronjobs 15+n
  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.7.1

1.4

  • Bugfix displaying next execution time
  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.6

1.3

  • Plugin is ok with WP 5.4. and PHP 7.4

1.2

Cronjob-Wordpress-Shortcode: Insert Shortcodes which will be executed

1.1

Relative Cronjob-URL: If a Cronjob-URL starts with “/” the domain is added (“home_url()”)

1.0

Initial release on WordPress.org. Any comments and feature-requests are welcome!