Title: Compatible with External Cron?
Last modified: August 10, 2020

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# Compatible with External Cron?

 *  [Katherine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittcatalina/)
 * (@kittcatalina)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-external-cron/)
 * Hello there,
    I disabled WP CRON in the wp-config.php file, in favor of an external
   cron that runs every 15 minutes.
 * The url that is pinged every 15 minutes is: example.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron
 * Now, it seems that the external cron is working properly with the other plugins
   I have installed. I have checked the Site Health and it has not thrown any cron
   errors.
 * However, on the WP Plugins Page, I see ‘WP-Cron is disabled. Automatic updates
   not available.’ and none of the
 * Perhaps I have not setup my external cron correctly, I am open to this being 
   the case as I’m not the most technical person. I thought the query ‘?doing_wp_cron’
   could be the issue.
 * Either way, thanks for this useful plugin! It has been extremely helpful. If 
   anyone could let me know if this plugin supports external crons I am sure that
   is all I need to know, and I can troubleshoot my setup.

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