Debugging & Profiling
Varun Dubey
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13 min read
WordPress WP-Cron Not Running? How to Debug Scheduled Tasks
WP-Cron stops running silently and the cause is almost always a stuck lock, a blocked loopback request, or DISABLE_WP_CRON set without a server cron replacement. This guide covers the full diagnostic flow with WP-CLI, _get_cron_array(), WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT, object cache conflicts, and real cron setup.