How to schedule system cron

Important: In the following instructions, replace all instances of domain.com with the domain of your WordPress site. 


Plesk 

  1. Access your Plesk control panel. 

  2. Select Scheduled Tasks

  3. Click on +Add Task.

  4. Input the command below in the Command field. 

wget -q -O - https://domain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron 

  1. Configure the task to run Hourly and select Do not notify. 

  2. Lastly, click on OK to save your settings. 


cPanel:

  1. Log in to your cPanel account. 

  2. Navigate to Cron Jobs

  3. In the common settings, choose Once Per Hour. 

  4. In the Command field, insert the following code.
    wget -q -O - https://domain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron >/dev/null 2>&1

        5.Finally, click on Add New Cron Job.

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