Comments on: Fix the WordPress ‘Missed Schedule’ Error

By: Rainy

Rainy — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:13:05 +0000

Excellent article!

Just sharing my experiences with the “missed schedule” annoyance.

My first scheduled post was missed. After a little digging, I discovered the time in general settings was completely off so I changed it to reflect my local time. I ran a test scheduled to post in five minutes and it worked beautifully.

So, I set up my next queue of posts. I logged in to the control panel thirty minutes before the next post was supposed to publish and I already had a missed schedule notification. Checked the time settings and it was still okay.

I waited it out, and right on the dot, it published.

A few observations:

The time displayed in general settings and that of my local time was off by about three minutes. Now today, it’s correct down to the second.

I’m assuming the reason I’m still receiving a missed schedule notice is a stuck cron job. However, I’m hesitant to fix this because, in the end, it IS working now, right on time. And you know what they say about fixing things that aren’t broken. Or, in this case, duct taped together

Hope everyone is able to solve their missed schedule conflicts, because it is one of the best features on any blogging system, in my opinion.

//Rainy
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By: Mikkel 'DaneBlogger' Juhl

Mikkel 'DaneBlogger' Juhl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:59:55 +0000

I have had this problem before, I just reinstalled and then it worked. This just seems to be a lot less work, thanks for sharing!
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By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:55:11 +0000

Tessa Shepperson » You still get it after making that change? Then up the number to something like 20 and give that a try. Or did you try the fix and then upgrade WordPress because the fix will be overwritten once you upgrade.

By: Tessa Shepperson

Tessa Shepperson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:38:14 +0000

Sorry, still getting the schedule missed message. Never mind. Hopefully the next WordPress upgrade will fix this problem.
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By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:36:58 +0000

Tessa Shepperson » Great! I hope to hear back from you that everything was successful. Keep in mind that when you upgrade WordPress this change will be overwritten and need to be reapplied.

By: Tessa Shepperson

Tessa Shepperson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:57:48 +0000

Thanks, I’ve made the change. I’ll test it later, see if it works.
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By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:46:17 +0000

Tessa Shepperson » You should be able to find it directly inside of the wp-includes folder. Does that help?

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:37:54 +0000

Don Gilbert » What exactly does WP-Robot do for you? I’ve seen ads for it but I’m not familiar with its functionality.

By: Tessa Shepperson

Tessa Shepperson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:19:36 +0000

Hi, I have had this problem, and very annoying it is too. I would love to fixe it.

I have had a look at my WP files via my ISP file manager. I have found a file called WP-cron.php but it is fairly short and does not seem to have the code you mention. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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