Title: Configuring cron
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Configuring cron

 *  Resolved [benz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benz1/)
 * (@benz1)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-cron/)
 * Hi, the description mentiones that, “The plugin hooks into the wp cron processes
   and runs every minute by default, but can be configured to use any cron schedule(
   hourly, twicedaily, daily, etc).”
 * Does running every minute create any performance overhead and how do you configure
   it to run less frequently?
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-expirator/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-expirator/)

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 *  Thread Starter [benz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benz1/)
 * (@benz1)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-cron/#post-4385481)
 * Thanks but I would be reluctant to disable the internal cron completely in case
   any other functions use it. Is there a performance overhead using the internal
   cron running every minute?
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [benz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benz1/)
 * (@benz1)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-cron/#post-4385484)
 * Thanks, I understand that every time a page is accessed the system will check
   to see if a cron is scheduled and if so, will run it.
 * Might it be an option in a future version of the plugin to make the period a 
   user selectable variable so the user can select to run it every minute or every
   60 minutes for example?
 * Many thanks.
 *  [Aaron Axelsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axelseaa/)
 * (@axelseaa)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-cron/#post-4385505)
 * The plugin uses the core wordpress cron functionality. It sets a specific cron
   event for each post expiration. Old versions of the plugin used to check at the
   set interval, but as of version 2.0 – it schedules a specific cron event for 
   each expiration.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-cron/#post-4385505)
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