Cron Guardv1.5.0
Monitor WP Cron health, detect stalled or missed cron jobs, and get actionable guidance to fix issues.
Alternatives to Improved Cron
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See what WP-Cron is doing: profile every scheduled task, stop overlapping runs, recover stalled tasks and drive cron from a real scheduler.
See all scheduled jobs, catch overdue tasks, run or pause events, and check cron health - lightweight, admin-only, 100% free.
CronWatchv0.14.3
Watches WP-Cron: records every scheduled event's runs and tells you when one is missed, fails, gets stuck, or runs slow.
Re{code} Cron Viewerv1.1.0
A lightweight WordPress plugin to view and debug all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.
Harvify Cron Monitorv1.0.23
Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot WordPress cron — with execution history, overdue/missed/broken-cron detection, and Action Scheduler visibility.
Understand recent Action Scheduler failures, overdue jobs, likely owners, possible impact, and what to inspect next — without changing queue data.
TaskBeaconv1.0.0
Monitor WordPress scheduled tasks and background processes from one simple dashboard.
ABC Bits Cron Monitorv1.0.3
Monitor WP-Cron activity with a local cron run log, run counts, and recent gap details.
Cron Monitorv2.0.0
See what every WordPress cron job did, get alerted when one fails or stops, and clean up duplicate and leftover events.