Title: Plugin does nothing?
Last modified: March 3, 2017

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# Plugin does nothing?

 *  [diamondsinthelibrary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diamondsinthelibrary/)
 * (@diamondsinthelibrary)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-nothing-13/)
 * I just downloaded this plugin and it seemed to activate without troubles, but
   when I click “scan” all that happens is I see the little thinking wheel for a
   minute or two, and then it vanishes.
 * And that’s it. No progress bar, no results…am I missing something? Do I need 
   to do something else to make this plugin work?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Jason Stallings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/octalmage/)
 * (@octalmage)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-nothing-13/#post-8871030)
 * Hi [@diamondsinthelibrary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diamondsinthelibrary/),
 * The plugin requires the WordPress WP Cron system to be able to process your site
   in the background. If cron isn’t working, the plugin won’t work. You can install
   this plugin to look into it.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/)
 * Please let us know if you continue to run into issues!
 *  [russell@irondogmedia.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/russellirondogmediacom/)
 * (@russellirondogmediacom)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-nothing-13/#post-8885593)
 * Same issue here. Downloaded plugin and activated, but when I click scan I only
   get the spinning wheel for a second or so and then nothing. I have wp-chrontrol
   installed and I don’t see any job running for this plugin. What is the chron 
   job called? Is it scheduled for later? Am I missing a step?
 * I’m running WordPress 4.7.2 and using multisite.
 *  [fneumeier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fneumeier/)
 * (@fneumeier)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-nothing-13/#post-9053333)
 * Just to add a thought to this – might be helpful für some: I had the same issue
   until I recognized I was working on a WordPress installation in a password protected
   path (i.e. testing environment) – hence the internal call of wp-cron.php was 
   blocked by the webserver. removes the password protection in the .htaccess and
   voila, the plugin was doing its job.
 *  [9m9m9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/9m9m9/)
 * (@9m9m9)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-nothing-13/#post-9144704)
 * I too have the same problem. I have installed this plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/),
   How to configure this to work with PHP Compatibility Checker
    -  This reply was modified 9 years ago by [9m9m9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/9m9m9/).

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