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CronVitals – Cron Job Monitor & WP-Cron Failure Alerts
Cron job monitoring for WordPress. Know when a WP-Cron job fails, misses its run, or dies on a PHP fatal, with the error and an email alert.
CronVitals ranks #60,241 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #3,855 of 5,058 in the Security category, and was last updated Oct 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v1.0.1
Current Version v1.0.1
Updated 1 week ago
Last Update on 28 Oct, 2026
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- Version
- 1.0.1
- Last Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
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- 5.8+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1.4
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- 7.4 or higher
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about CronVitals – Cron Job Monitor & WP-Cron Failure Alerts
No. Nothing runs on the front end. The monitoring adds two no-op hook callbacks per cron job during wp-cron.php requests, plus one scan every five minutes. Log writes are one row per cron run.
Activate CronVitals and open Tools → CronVitals. The Jobs tab lists every scheduled event with its last and next run, and the Overview tab shows how many runs succeeded, failed, or were missed. If jobs keep showing as missed, WP-Cron isn't being triggered: usually low traffic, DISABLE_WP_CRON set with no server cron to replace it, or a host blocking loopback requests to wp-cron.php.
WordPress publishes scheduled posts through a WP-Cron event, so a "Missed schedule" post means that event didn't run on time. CronVitals won't publish the post for you, but it will email you when the event is missed and show whether it's one job or WP-Cron as a whole that has stopped, so you can fix the cause instead of republishing posts by hand.
A cron manager lets you view, add, edit, and run events. CronVitals doesn't manage your events — it watches them over time, records every run, catches the PHP errors that kill them, and alerts you. They solve different problems and many sites run both.
Yes, and a real system cron gives you more accurate timing. CronVitals records runs however wp-cron.php is triggered, and the missed-job scan works either way.
Deactivating only unschedules the plugin's own events — your log history and settings stay, so reactivating picks up where it left off. Uninstalling drops the log table and deletes every option and transient it created.
No. The free plugin works fully on activation with no account, no API key, and no signup prompt — it runs in anonymous mode and contacts nothing. A license is only needed for the Pro features.
The free version sends nothing. Pro contacts Freemius to validate your license and deliver updates, and — only if you turn it on and supply a URL — sends a periodic ping to the external monitor you chose. Job names, logs, and error messages never leave your database.
Yes, with the Pro external heartbeat. Because the alert comes from an outside monitor that expects a regular ping from your site, it fires even when WordPress itself can't run.
WooCommerce runs most background work through Action Scheduler, which is a separate queue from WP-Cron. Pro monitors that queue, including stalled-queue detection. Free monitors the WP-Cron events WooCommerce registers.
