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Automatic feeds are not running on a schedule

I setup feeds on a schedule, however, they never seem to kick off at all. We have to manually go in and run each one manually. Maybe there is something wrong with out configuration. What do we need to do to get this working properly?

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Alexander
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Hi @srumery,

Do you have consistent traffic to your site? The scheduling runs of WP Cron which isn't 100% accurate. Due to the nature of PHP, code can only be ran when a request is made to the server. Each time someone loads a page would count as a request. WordPress looks at the time of a request, and checks it against scheduled jobs - if the time is after a job should run, it goes ahead and handles it during that user's page load. Without consistent traffic, the scheduling could be a bit off

Try installing these two plugins:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-cron/

Then check the cron tab of the debug screen and let me know if there is a scheduled job for Autoblog. A screenshot of the schedule would be helpful as well.

Best regards,
srumery
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Yes. We have contestant daily traffic so that's not likely it. I did check the cron jobs and there isn't anything Autoblog related. What do we need to do to fix this and get it working automatically?
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HI @srumery,

I'm not sure what else might be preventing a scheduled update from taking place. Let me touch base with the plugin developer to see if he has any ideas here.

Best regards,
srumery
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Okay. Thank you for following up and I look forward to working together to get this resolved.
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Hi @srumery

What version of the plugin do you use? Could you please do following steps on your server?

1. Edit autoblog/autoblogpremium.php file and add at the end of the file following snippet:
```
register_deactivation_hook( __FILE__, 'autoblog_deactivate_cron' );
function autoblog_deactivate_cron() {
    $next = wp_next_scheduled( 'autoblog_process_all_feeds_for_cron' );
    if ( $next ) {
        wp_unschedule_event( $next, 'autoblog_process_all_feeds_for_cron' );
    }
}
```
2. Deactivate and activate back autoblog plugin. It will force the plugin to re-schedule CRON job.

3. Install WP Control plugin and check that autoblog_process_all_feeds_for_cron cron job exists in cron jobs list.

4. Wait while autoblog_process_all_feeds_for_cron will be run and check results.

Let me know how it is going for you.

Regards,
Eugene
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Thank you for your reply. I have followed the instructions and where still isn't a cron job for autoblog. What could be stopping this from running?
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Have you installed WP Control plugin? Could you make a screenshot of your cron jobs?
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Here is a screenshot of the cron-events

http://screencast.com/t/XIEdvcdjrCay

What is the next step?
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Have you activated back autoblog plugin? There is no autoblog cron job on your screenshot. Could you activate the plugin back and check if autoblog_process_all_feeds_for_cron job has been added to cron list?
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I followed the earlier instructions about removing and adding the plugin back in after I updated the code with the supplied snippet. After that, I reported they there wasn't a cron job for the plugin. That's the current status.

What can I do next?
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Bump.
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Hi @srumery,

Sorry for delay... Could you please add following snippet into your wp-config.php file?

define( 'AUTOBLOG_PROCESSING_METHOD', 'pageload');

It will tell the plugin to process feeds on page load and not to use CRON jobs. Let me know whether your feeds started processing after adding it or not.

Regards,
Eugene