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CronWatch

Name: CronWatch
Author: joncphillips

Watches WP-Cron: records every scheduled event's runs and tells you when one is missed, fails, gets stuck, or runs slow.

CronWatch ranks #61,491 among WordPress.org plugins with 1+ active installations, is #2,854 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Oct 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v0.14.3 Current Version v0.14.3

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 24 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.14.3
Last Updated: Oct 24, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: joncphillips

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about CronWatch

No. On an ordinary page view it does nothing but note, when WP-Cron runs an event, which one it is. The work (a few queries per event) happens in the cron request, and the check runs every five minutes. An event is reported missed but my site is fine The event did not run within its recurrence plus the grace. On a quiet site that is WP-Cron waiting for a visit: see "Why a check that runs on page visits misses a quiet site". If an event is late by design, raise the grace under CronWatch, Settings, or give that job its own with the cronwatch_job_options filter.

Yes, with the cronwatch_watch_event filter.

No. It is in wp-admin, for users who may manage options, and every change it makes carries a WordPress nonce. The JSON API is the only part that can be reached from outside wp-admin, and only when you turn it on with a token.

On a single site, yes. The site sends alerts to the addresses set under CronWatch, Settings, internal ones included (a webhook on the same network, say), and "Send a test alert" shows what each answered. Those settings are for users who may manage options, so give that capability only to people trusted with the server's network. On a multisite network an alert URL may not reach a private address or an unusual port, since a site's administrators may not be the network's; the cronwatch_reject_unsafe_urls filter changes either default.