wp_doing_cron()
Determines whether the current request is a WordPress cron request.
1 time — 0.000021 sec (very fast) | 50000 times — 0.12 sec (very fast) | PHP 7.1.2, WP 4.8
Hooks from the function
Returns
true|false. True if it's a WordPress cron request, false otherwise.
Usage
wp_doing_cron();
Examples
#1 Do anything when a cron request is in progress only.
For example, let's remove my_schedule_hook event from the schedule cron, when the next cron request is triggered.
add_action( 'shutdown', function(){
if( wp_doing_cron() ){
// delete cron task
$timestamp = wp_next_scheduled( 'my_schedule_hook' );
wp_unschedule_event( $timestamp, 'my_schedule_hook' );
}
} );
Changelog
| Since 4.8.0 | Introduced. |
wp_doing_cron() wp doing cron code WP 6.8.1
function wp_doing_cron() {
/**
* Filters whether the current request is a WordPress cron request.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @param bool $wp_doing_cron Whether the current request is a WordPress cron request.
*/
return apply_filters( 'wp_doing_cron', defined( 'DOING_CRON' ) && DOING_CRON );
}