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WP Dead Man’s Snitch

WordPress's built in cron system is clever, but notoriously unreliable.

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Tested up to WordPress 4.3
Current version0.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 4.3
Minimum stackWP 4.2.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update22 Aug 201511y ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP Dead Man’s Snitch version 0.1.0 as active, updated 11y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.3.

Overview

About this plugin

WordPress’s built in cron system is clever, but notoriously unreliable. Dead Man’s Snitch is a great service for monitoring any sort of scheduled task, and is a simple way to make sure that your WordPress cron jobs are working properly. If WP-Cron isn’t working properly, WordPress might not be updating itself regularly, scheduled posts may turn up late or not at all, and other features you count on might not work.

This plugin simply allows you to store your Snitch URL in the WordPress admin, and requests it once per hour. If Dead Man’s Snitch doesn’t hear from WordPress when it expects to, it’ll send you an email notification.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • wp cron
  • admin
  • monitoring
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 4.3

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.3.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.3
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.2.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity22 Aug 201511y ago

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