How Do I Add/Setup a Cron Job?

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Cron jobs are command-line scheduled tasks, which can run an operating system command directly.

To add/setup a cron job:

Login to cPanel
- Open your Web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, etc.) and visit:
  - https://yourdomain.com/cpanel/
    - Note: replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name
- Not sure how to login to cPanel? See help article, "How Do I Login to cPanel?"
Click the "Cron Jobs" icon in the "Advanced" section (see screenshot below)
Note: We recommend entering your email address in the "Email" field and then clicking the "Update Email" button to save
- This only needs to be completed one time and will cause the cron notifications to be sent to your email address
Select the interval you want to run the cron job under "Add New Cron Job" heading
Enter the command in the "Command" field you want to execute each time the cron job is run at the specified interval (see below for an example)
Click the "Add New Cron Job" button

Here is an example cron job command:

php -q /home/yourusername/public_html/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1

Note: This will execute PHP to run the cron.php script in the public_html folder and supress the output.

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