Title: Duplicate emails when using cron setting
Last modified: March 23, 2021

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# Duplicate emails when using cron setting

 *  [scratchlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scratchlabs/)
 * (@scratchlabs)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/)
 * Getting two email notifications for every post update (custom post type)
 * Plugins used: ACF PRO, and CPT
 * Any thoughts?

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 *  Thread Starter [scratchlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scratchlabs/)
 * (@scratchlabs)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14230080)
 * Ruled out ACF and CPT. It only happens with cron enabled. Using POST SMTP to 
   wire up emails, but even with that turned off if fires twice.
 *  Plugin Author [Kuba Mikita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/)
 * (@kubitomakita)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14231717)
 * > It only happens with cron enabled
 * You mean [Background Processing](https://docs.bracketspace.com/notification/user-guide/advanced/background-processing)
   feature?
 * We’ve always had a problem with different editors. This is because WordPress 
   saves the post with basic data (trigger is fired) and ACF save its data (trigger
   is fired).
 * Are you using Gutenberg or Classic editor?
 *  Thread Starter [scratchlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scratchlabs/)
 * (@scratchlabs)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14272658)
 * [@kubitomakita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/) , Im using
   the gutenberg editor. Is there any way to resolve this while still using the 
   cron background processing?
 *  Plugin Author [Kuba Mikita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/)
 * (@kubitomakita)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14273900)
 * Hey, I created this plugin which may be a bandaid: [https://docs.bracketspace.com/notification/extensions/3rd-party-extensions#notification-prevent-duplicates](https://docs.bracketspace.com/notification/extensions/3rd-party-extensions#notification-prevent-duplicates)
 * It works with Background Processing.
 *  Thread Starter [scratchlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scratchlabs/)
 * (@scratchlabs)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14277614)
 * [@kubitomakita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/) , no luck.
   I even disabled acf and still get the notifications twice (a second after the
   minute has gone by). It’s as if the entire wp-cron runs twice. A full batch on
   users get the first email, then it starts a second time.
 *  Plugin Author [Kuba Mikita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/)
 * (@kubitomakita)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14291460)
 * That’s almost impossible! Do you have any staging site I could check to see what’s
   going on?

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 * Last reply from: [Kuba Mikita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kubitomakita/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-emails-when-using-cron-setting/#post-14291460)
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