Cron Management (Automation & Scheduled Tasks)

The Cron Management system allows you to monitor, clean, and automate background tasks running in your platform.

It helps you:

• Maintain performance
• Clean unnecessary cron jobs
• Manage scheduled tasks
• Prevent database overload

👉 Essential for large OTT platforms with high activity

📊 Overview Dashboard

At the top of the page, you can monitor cron activity in real time.

📦 Metrics

Metric	Description
Total Cron Events	Total scheduled tasks
Action Scheduler Events	Tasks handled by Action Scheduler
Pending Actions	Tasks waiting to execute
Completed Actions	Successfully executed tasks

🧹 Cleanup Actions

This section helps you remove unnecessary cron events.

⚙️ Available Actions

Action	Description
Clean Orphaned Events	Remove broken or unused cron jobs
Clean Action Scheduler	Clean scheduled task queue
Limit Events	Set maximum number of stored cron events

⚠️ Important

• Marked as Destructive → cannot be undone
• Always backup database before cleanup

🗄 Action Scheduler Cleanup

Used to manage database-level scheduled actions.

📦 Cleanup Options

Option	Description
Delete Completed Actions	Remove completed tasks
Delete Failed Actions	Remove failed tasks
Delete Actions Older Than X Days	Clean old records automatically

👉 Helps reduce database size and improve performance.

📦 Settings

Setting	Description
Automatic Cleanup	Enable scheduled cleanup
Cleanup Frequency	Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Maximum Cron Events	Limit stored events
Delete Actions Older Than (Days)	Auto-delete old tasks

🔍 What is WP Cron?

WordPress uses WP-Cron to run scheduled background tasks such as:

• Sending emails
• Processing payments
• Updating subscriptions
• Cleaning temporary data

👉 Over time, these tasks accumulate and can slow down your site.

⚙️ How It Works

User action / system trigger
   ↓
Cron job scheduled
   ↓
Task runs in background
   ↓
Stored in database
   ↓
Cleanup removes old/unnecessary tasks

🎯 Use Cases

• Clean old transaction logs
• Remove expired subscriptions data
• Optimize database performance
• Prevent cron overflow
• Maintain system health

🧠 Best Practices

• Enable Automatic Cleanup
• Set the cleanup frequency to Daily or Weekly
• Limit cron events (e.g., 500–1000 max)
• Delete actions older than 30 days
• Regularly monitor pending actions

⚠️ Important Notes

• WP-Cron depends on site traffic (not real cron)
• Low-traffic sites may delay execution
• Use server cron for high-performance setups
• Always back up before bulk cleanup