[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64373: To developers bug report / suggestions:

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#64373: To developers bug report / suggestions:
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 Reporter:  hellobonjour2025   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Cron API           |     Version:  6.9
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by jorbin):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback
 * severity:  critical => normal


Comment:

 hi @hellobonjour2025, welcome to WordPress Trac.

 You seem to be mentioning a handful of things, so I am going to try to
 address all of them but please note that Trac is used for tracking
 specific bugs and/or enhacements, not for general feedback.


 > Working with developers of Cloudflare and making it compatible.

 If the team from Cloudlare, a commercial service, wishes to donate some
 time to WordPress, they are welcome to. If you are a customer I would
 encourage you to work with your account manager to make sure they know you
 want them to focus on ensuring they work well with WordPress.

 > Perhaps combining API calls as one to one service only – would be a
 solution for millions.

 There are three types of calls:
 1. Calls from your browser to your WordPress install. In general, attempts
 are made to have these are included in the HTML response where possible or
 the using the [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/20/rest-api-batch-
 framework-in-wordpress-5-6/ batch endpoint]. Heartbeat API is configurable
 by adjusting the `heartbeat_settings` filter.

 2. Calls from your WordPress install to WordPress.org checking for
 updates. Each of these is a separate endpoint and done as a separate call
 in order to allow them to be more customizable. By default, these calls
 are twice a day each for plugins, themes, and core.

 3. Calls from your WordPress install back to itself. These are done to
 ensure that cron is triggered. You can
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-
 system-task-scheduler/ configure your install to use system cron] instead
 if you are worried about these calls. These are also done as a part of
 health check but will only trigger by visiting the health check page.


 If you are interested in working on changing one of these, I would
 encourage you to open a ticket for that one task. If I missed something
 you are looking to discuss, please comment here otherwise I will plan to
 close this out.

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