# WP Cron Health Monitor

> Monitors WordPress wp-cron scheduled events using the WP_Cron API and Action Scheduler library. Detects stuck, overdue, or orphaned cron jobs and reports via WP REST API webhooks with configurable alert thresholds.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/wp-cron-health-monitor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/wp-cron-health-monitor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/wp-cron-health-monitor/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/wp-cron-health-monitor

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# WP Cron Health Monitor

Monitors WordPress wp-cron scheduled events using the WP_Cron API and Action Scheduler library. Detects stuck, overdue, or orphaned cron jobs and reports via WP REST API webhooks with configurable alert thresholds.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Make WordPress

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- WP-Cron works by checking, on every page load, a list of scheduled tasks to see what needs to be run. Any tasks due to run will be called during that page load.
- WP-Cron does not run constantly as the system cron does; it is only triggered on page load.
- With the system scheduler, if the time passes and the task did not run, it will not be re-attempted. With WP-Cron, all scheduled tasks are put into a queue and will run at the next opportunity (meaning the next page l...

- Source: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/

## Documentation

- https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/wp-cron-health-monitor/)