Title: Wp-cron.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Wp-cron.php

 *  [firstain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firstain/)
 * (@firstain)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-1/)
 * Hi,
 * There’s this visitor on my website ( [http://firstain.com/](http://firstain.com/)),
   who is there on one page only since about 14hours running now. I’ve kept my eye
   on him since 14hrs so can guarantee that. Could be more also.
 * His IP: 174.132.128.155 – static.theplanet.com
    The page he is stuck at since
   12hrs or so: [http://firstain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron](http://firstain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron)
   The page gives a ‘Page not found’ error.
 * Who the [moronic explicative] is it? What the [moronic explicative] is he doing
   at the same 404 page since 14 hours running? That’s more than half a day now…
   is it a bot? A spammer? Some hacker?
 * I contacted my webhost (Hostgator) and this is what they replied:
 * 174.132.128.155 is the IP of the server you are on. Wp-cron.php is about the 
   number one script in wordpress that causes unnecessary load on servers. This 
   particular script is used for certain wordpress tasks, such as trackbacks and
   link checks. I would personally recommend just disabling it by changing the permissions
   of the file in File Manager to 000. But it appears this was already done. You
   can block the server’s IP, 174.132.128.155, through IP Deny Manager. However,
   if it causes an issue with any other plugins, you may need to remove the entry.
 * Now i don’t mind doing what my host said but i don’t want any side-effects from
   it.
 * So, please just help solve ‘this mystery’ for me. As soon as you can. Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-1/#post-1675452)
 * Considering that your own server’s IP is accessing `wp-cron.php`, I’d say that
   you probably have a plugin that uses `wp-cron.php` and it’s stuck.
 * Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 *  Thread Starter [firstain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firstain/)
 * (@firstain)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-1/#post-1675614)
 * Deactivated all plugins. Issue still there. What now? What is causing this?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-1/#post-1675615)
 * Try [downloading WordPress](http://wordpress.org/download/) again and delete 
   then replace your copies of everything **except** the `wp-config.php` file and
   the `/wp-content/` directory with fresh copies from the download.

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 * [wp-cron.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-cron-php/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-1/#post-1675615)
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