You can disable WP-Cron and set your own Cron jobs to run at the times you prefer. Once you disable WP-Cron on the MainWP Settings page of your Dashboard MainWP will remove all of its schedules.
Once disabled, you can then add the following files to the crontab. Directly under each file, the commands to add to the crontab are added: The reason the “PHP” call is preferred is that this eliminates the HTTP issues (timeouts of the web server, etc..)
To find out how to set up a Cron for your hosting provider, contact their support or help documentation.
MainWP Dashboard Cron Jobs
Cron: every 15 minute: (crontab schedule: */15 * * * *)
Check for available updates
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/updatescheck.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Continue backing up sites (process in batches of 5)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/backups_continue.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Cron: every hr: (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
Start backups of site/DB
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/backups.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Ping each child site to make sure it is still active and connected to your dashboard
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/pingchilds.php > /dev/null 2>&1
MainWP Extensions Cron Jobs
Client Reports Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-client- reports-extension/cron/ archive_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every 5 minute: (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-client-reports-extension/cron/send_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every minute: (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-client-reports-extension/cron/continue_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Maintenance Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: Run Hourly: (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp- maintenance-extension/cron/ maintenance_cronjob.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Page Speed Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-page-speed-extension/cron/pagespeed_cron.php
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-page-speed-extension/cron/pagespeed_cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 3,15 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-page- speed-extension/cron/ pagespeed_cron_sync.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Post Dripper Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-post-dripper-extension/cron/post_dripper.php
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-post-dripper-extension/cron/post_dripper.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Pro Reports Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro- reports-extension/cron/notice_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every 5 minute: (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/send_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
(/path/to/public_html/wp-
Cron: every minute: (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/continue_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Remote Backup Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-remote-backup-extension/cron/remotedestinationcheck.php
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-remote-backup-extension/cron/remotedestinationcheck.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Sucuri Extension
(/path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-sucuri-extension/cron/securityscan_notification.php
Cron: every day: (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-sucuri-extension/cron/securityscan_notification.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Commands to use in this crontab:
Prefered option, calling directly from the command line (beware, the path to php may vary depending your host)
/usr/bin/php /path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1
Alternative option, calling the site:
wget -O /dev/null http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1
