Are you looking for a way to use cron to schedule events in your blog? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that can help you in using cron to schedule events in your WordPress blog.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
if (!wp_next_scheduled('do_hook')) {
wp_schedule_event( time(), 'hourly', 'my_task_hook' );
}
add_action( 'do_hook', 'do_function' );
function do_function() {
wp_mail('[email protected]', 'Automatic email', 'Hello, this is an automatically scheduled email from WordPress.');
}
Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.
If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 28 best WordPress resume themes and how to create a custom user registration form in WordPress.
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