Title: Processing Scheduled Actions
Last modified: November 1, 2022

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# Processing Scheduled Actions

 *  Resolved [Tamer Ziady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tziady/)
 * (@tziady)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/processing-scheduled-actions/)
 * This is under my scheduled actions:
 * All (5825) | Complete (5805) | Failed (8) | Pending (12)
 * I think that is a huge number.
 * 90% are these:
 *     ```
       2022-10-14 02:12:47 +0000
       action created
       2022-10-14 02:14:06 +0000
       action started via WP Cron
       2022-10-14 02:14:06 +0000
       action complete via WP Cron
       ```
   
 * How can I stop this?
 * thanks,
    T

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 *  Plugin Support [Darshana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darshanaw/)
 * (@darshanaw)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/processing-scheduled-actions/#post-16166385)
 * Hi [@tziady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tziady/),
 * Thanks for reaching out!
 * We use the [action scheduler library](https://wpmailsmtp.com/docs/how-to-troubleshoot-action-scheduler-issues-wp-mail-smtp-2-1-1/)
   to manage and schedule cron jobs.
 * As I have checked with our developers, I can confirm that you can safely delete
   all the “completed” actions under the **WP Mail SMTP -> Tools -> Scheduled Actions**
   area ([see](https://a.supportally.com/N8logb)).
 * I hope this helps. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [Tamer Ziady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tziady/)
 * (@tziady)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/processing-scheduled-actions/#post-16166404)
 * K, thank you for the explanation.
 * So, as I understand this is a wp cron job to queue the mail.
 * Is there anyway to make it occur with less frequency?
 * Would not this cause huge resource requirements?
 * I know one of the things that I had done in the past is disabled wp-cron and 
   instead set up a cron job on the OS level to handle WP events at a more reasonable
   interval?
 * Just wondering.
 * T

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 * Last reply from: [Tamer Ziady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tziady/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/processing-scheduled-actions/#post-16166404)
 * Status: resolved