Cron Job Management¶

Cron jobs enable scheduled execution of commands on the server. Typical use cases include regular database cleanup, email sending, or cache updates.

Overview¶

The cron job table shows all configured cron jobs:

Column	Description
Name	Cron job name
Website	Associated website
Schedule	Cron expression (e.g. `/5 * * *`)
Command	Command to execute
Status	Active or Disabled
Created	Creation date

Create Cron Job¶

Click Create Cron Job
Fill out the form:

Field	Required	Description
Subscription	Yes (Admin)	Associated hosting subscription
Website	Yes	Associated website
Name	Yes	Descriptive name
Schedule	Yes	Cron expression
Command	Yes	Command to execute

Click Create

Schedule Syntax (Cron Expression)¶

A cron expression consists of five fields:

┌───────────── Minute (0–59)
│ ┌───────────── Hour (0–23)
│ │ ┌───────────── Day of Month (1–31)
│ │ │ ┌───────────── Month (1–12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── Day of Week (0–7, 0 and 7 = Sunday)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Common Examples¶

Expression	Description
`* * * * *`	Every minute
`/5 * * *`	Every 5 minutes
`/15 * * *`	Every 15 minutes
`0 * * * *`	Every full hour
`0 /2 * *`	Every 2 hours
`0 0 * * *`	Daily at midnight
`0 2 * * *`	Daily at 02:00
`0 0 * * 1`	Every Monday at midnight
`0 0 1 * *`	1st of every month at midnight
`30 4 * * 1-5`	Monday–Friday at 04:30

Special Characters¶

Character	Meaning
`*`	Every value
`*/n`	Every n units
`n-m`	Range from n to m
`n,m`	Specific values n and m

Edit Cron Job¶

Click the Edit icon
Change name, schedule, or command
Click Save

Enable / Disable Cron Job¶

Use the Toggle in the action column
Disabled cron jobs are not executed but remain configured

Delete Cron Job¶

Click the Delete icon
Confirm the deletion

Examples of Common Cron Jobs¶

WordPress Cron¶

*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/web/domain.com/public_html/wp-cron.php

WordPress wp-cron

For WordPress websites, it is recommended to run the internal wp-cron.php via a system cron and disable the WP-internal cron in wp-config.php: define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);

Database Cleanup¶

0 3 * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/web/domain.com/cleanup.php

Call URL (HTTP Request)¶

*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -s https://domain.com/cron-endpoint > /dev/null

Security¶

Cron jobs are executed under the Linux user of the subscription
Commands have the same permissions as the website user
open_basedir and disable_functions also apply to cron jobs
The maximum number of cron jobs is limited by the hosting package

Troubleshooting¶

Problem	Solution
Cron is not executing	Check whether the cron job is enabled
Command fails	Test the command manually as the website user
Wrong PHP version	Use the full path to the desired PHP version (e.g. `/usr/bin/php8.4`)
Missing output	Redirect output to a file: `>> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1`