{"id":6658,"date":"2025-11-24T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youstable.com\/kb\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:40:04","slug":"how-to-disable-wp-cron-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/how-to-disable-wp-cron-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable WP-Cron in WordPress – Make WordPress Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, we will cover how to disable WP-Cron in WordPress to reduce server load and increase your website speed and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WP-Cron.php is the WordPress task schedule, which simulates normal cron-jobs like checking for updates and publishing scheduled posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We call wp-cron.php because some jobs may take time to complete and the user requesting the WordPress page cannot be made to wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the situation given above, we can call the wp-cron.php function because it runs as a separate process in the background without delaying the page load time for the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cron jobs can be set to be executed per minute, 5 min, or as per your requirement. But running too many cron jobs consumes high server resources resulting in slow website<\/a> performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is WP-Cron affecting the performance of your website?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is very important for you to understand that WP-Cron.php is not a real cron job, it\u2019s simply what WordPress has created to mimic what a system cron does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WP-Cron does not run continuously but  wp-cron.php<\/code> runs on every page load. If there is high traffic on your sites, wp-cron.php can cause problems as it will run on every page load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opposite scenario is also true that if your website doesn\u2019t have traffic, schedules cron jobs could be missed as no one has loaded a page and wp-cron.php executes at every page load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to avoid this, a better approach will be to disable wp-cron in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to disable WP-Cron in WordPress from wp-config.php<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1)<\/strong> Login into your control panel (DirectAdmin<\/strong><\/a> or cPanel<\/strong><\/a>) and navigate to File Manager and open wp-config.php.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to learn how to edit wp-config.php in DirectAdmin<\/a> and cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) <\/strong>Add the following code into your wp-config.php file to disable WP-Cron:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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There is some problem as well with disabling the WP-Cron. Some features of WordPress will stop running like scheduled posts because it is directly dependent on the crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you face any issues after disabling the corn job, you can contact YouStable support<\/a>, and our expert support team will resolve your issue in a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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