Cron Job
Issue Resolved
Identified and fixed a broken WordPress cron job system causing scheduled emails to fail, missed scheduled post publishing, plugin automation to stop, and slow admin dashboard performance — all resolved within 12 hours with automated monitoring set up to prevent recurrence.
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About This Project
A WordPress blog owner reached out after noticing that scheduled posts weren’t publishing on time, WooCommerce order emails weren’t being sent, and a backup plugin had stopped running automatically. The root cause was a completely broken WP-Cron system — wp-config.php had DISABLE_WP_CRON set to true from a previous developer with no server-level cron set up as a replacement. I fixed the cron configuration, set up a real server-level cron job via cPanel, cleared all missed events, and tested every automated task end-to-end.
Bugs Identified in This Project
Work Done in This Project
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Full plugin conflict diagnostic using
debug mode & error logs - WooCommerce & cache plugin conflict identified and resolved
- Checkout & payment gateway fully restored and tested
- Broken media uploads fixed — file permission & .htaccess corrected
- Scheduled post publishing tested — multiple future posts confirmed auto-published
- White Screen of Death resolved — PHP error identified & fixed
- All corrupted database tables repaired using REPAIR TABLE commands
- PHP memory limit increased & wp-config.php optimized
- Heartbeat API frequency optimised to reduce server CPU load
- Contact form SMTP repaired — email delivery confirmed & tested
- Full plugin conflict diagnostic using debug mode & error logs
- WooCommerce & cache plugin conflict identified and resolved
- Checkout & payment gateway fully restored and tested
- Broken media uploads fixed — file permission & .htaccess corrected
- Scheduled post publishing tested — multiple future posts confirmed auto-published
- White Screen of Death resolved — PHP error identified & fixed
- All corrupted database tables repaired using REPAIR TABLE commands
- PHP memory limit increased & wp-config.php optimized
- Heartbeat API frequency optimised to reduce server CPU load
- Contact form SMTP repaired — email delivery confirmed & tested
Plugins Used
- WordPress
- MySQL
- WP Debug Mode
- phpMyAdmin
- cPanel
- wp-config.php
- WP-CLI
- SSH Access
- WordPress
- MySQL
- WP Debug Mode
- phpMyAdmin
- cPanel
- wp.config.php
- WP-CLI
- SSH Access
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