Need real cron jobs, not wp-cron
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Mark Quigg
Wp-cron isn't reliable enough, and timely enough, for mission-critical recurring tasks. Please add the ability to use real cron jobs with WordPress installs.
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Talha L.
Agreed — wp-cron only fires on page load, so on low-traffic sites it can be delayed by hours or skipped entirely, and it competes with a visitor's request rather than running in the background. That's a dealbreaker for anything mission-critical (scheduled backups, membership/subscription renewals, drip content, sync jobs, cache warming, etc.).
Please add support for real server-level cron jobs on WordPress installs — Wp-cron as the only option isn't reliable or timely enough for production workflows.