https://89393b0c.nuvai-blog.pages.dev/tags/cron/ Recent content in Cron on Luis Sousa Blog Hugo en Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:05:00 +0000 https://89393b0c.nuvai-blog.pages.dev/posts/running-wordpress-cron-right-way-docker/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:05:00 +0000 https://89393b0c.nuvai-blog.pages.dev/posts/running-wordpress-cron-right-way-docker/ <p>We host a travel blog (<a href="https://joyofexploringtheworld.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joyofexploringtheworld.com</a>) on a low-cost VPS with Docker Compose and Cloudflare in front. WordPress’s built-in cron was causing intermittent timeouts in our logs. Here’s how we fixed it.</p> <h2 id="the-problem-with-wordpress-cron-in-docker"> The problem with WordPress cron in Docker <a class="heading-link" href="#the-problem-with-wordpress-cron-in-docker"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>WordPress cron normally “pings itself” on each page load—an HTTP POST to the site from inside the container. Behind a CDN and in Docker, that ping can time out, fail, or hit the wrong instance. We saw cURL timeouts in Datadog and unreliable scheduled tasks.</p>