[wp-forums] wp-cron issue

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

On 9 May 2012 20:43, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net> wrote:
> Anyone come across a situation where wp-cron isn't firing? Trying to help
> someone from the forums who moved to email (by invitation).
>
> Vanilla 3.3.2 install with the exception of Akismet and 2 backup-related
> plugins (both well tested and requiring wp-cron).
>
> Apart from the 2 backup-related plugins not firing, post scheduling also
> isn't working, so it definitely looks like a wp-cron problem. The only thing
> I can find in the host's documentation is that they claim to block
>  xmlrpc.php (for "security reasons") - yet publishing via email works just
> fine! If there is a link between xmlrpc.php and wp-cron.php, I've missed it.

xmlrpc and post by email are unrelated. However, I thought post by
email used Cron events.. btu i might be mistaken.

I wouldn't be surprised if the server is limiting/disabled cron if
they're blocking xmlrpc, it shouts "We don't know WordPress" to me.