# Cron jobs
Source: https://docs.webgee.com/en/wordpress-cloud/cron-jobs





Scheduled tasks run from the panel rather than from inside WordPress. Applies to
all WordPress Cloud packages.

Go to **Advanced** → **Developer tools** → **Cron jobs**.

<img alt="The cron jobs panel, showing the default WP-CLI job and the crontab editing toggle" src="__img0" />

## The job you already have [#the-job-you-already-have]

Every WordPress site is provisioned with one:

```bash
wp-cli cron event run --due-now --path=public_html
```

It runs **every hour**, at `0 * * * *`.

This replaces WP-Cron. By default WordPress checks for due tasks when someone
visits the site, which means scheduled posts, backups and emails fire late on a
quiet site and add work to every page load on a busy one. Running WP-CLI from a
real system cron removes both problems.

<Callout type="info">
  Because the schedule is hourly, a task scheduled for an exact minute runs at
  the next hour boundary. If you need finer timing than that, add a second job
  with a shorter interval rather than editing this one.
</Callout>

## Add your own [#add-your-own]

**Add cron job** takes a command or a request URL and an interval. Paths are
relative to the website's home directory, so `public_html` reaches your
document root.

## Editing crontab from inside the container [#editing-crontab-from-inside-the-container]

The **Allow editing of cron from website container** toggle is **off** by
default. With it off, processes running as the website — PHP and SSH sessions —
cannot use the `crontab` binary.

<Callout type="warn">
  Leave this off. Compromised WordPress installations routinely install cron
  jobs to reinstate themselves after you clean them up, and this toggle is what
  stops them. Turn it on only if you have a specific tool that needs it, and
  turn it back off afterwards.
</Callout>

## Verify [#verify]

* In WordPress, **Tools** → **Site Health** should not report a WP-Cron problem.
* Scheduled posts publish on time.
* A job you added appears in the table with the interval you expect.

## Related [#related]

* [PHP versions and settings](/en/wordpress-cloud/php-settings)
* [SSH access and keys](/en/wordpress-cloud/ssh-access)