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Function Reference/spawn cron

Contents

1 Description
2 Usage
3 Parameters
4 Return Values
5 Examples
6 Notes
7 Change Log
8 Source File
9 Related

Description

Send request to run cron through HTTP request that doesn't halt page loading. Will not run more than once every 60 seconds.

Usage

<?php spawn_cron( $local_time ); ?>

Parameters

Return Values

(null): Cron could not be spawned, because it is not needed to run.

Examples

Notes

Cron is named after a unix program which runs unattended scheduled tasks.

Change Log

Since: 2.1.0

Source File

spawn_cron() is located in wp-includes/cron.php.

Related

See also index of Function Reference and index of Template Tags.

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