Cron, A daemon/background process that runs at periodic intervals of time. It can be run periodically at pre-decided times and intervals. To describe in real time, I have met with a case where i have to fetch the content from a site, where new content might be created everyday and create it on my site. To handle this, i have created a cron job, configured it to run everyday at specific time let’s say at 05.00 AM. So whenever the cron runs, I have written a script to fetch the content that is created on that day and creating on my site. All this is achieved using the cron in WordPress maintenance support plans.
Cron is a utility which executes commands at set intervals known as “cron jobs”.
According to WordPress.org “A “cron job” is a time-triggered action that is usually (and most…
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