75
WP Crontrol
Pure relief for developers until the 1970 bug strikes.
HealthyDeclining
75/100
Most developers find it essential for debugging cron jobs despite some reports of broken schedules and leftover errors.
Active installs
~350,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.5★
163 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-63%
Declining fast
3,933 → 1,456 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 63% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -63% in the last year
3,933/day a year ago→1,456/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Crontrol is well-regarded as a lightweight, easy-to-use tool for viewing and debugging WordPress cron jobs, though a small number of users report it interfering with or breaking their cron schedules.
What people like
- +Effective for debugging and diagnosing cron job issues, including problems caused by third-party plugins×5
- +Simple, clean, and unobtrusive interface that is easy to use×5
- +Works reliably as advertised for managing scheduled tasks×4
- +Developer is considered thoughtful and competent, with helpful associated documentation
Common complaints
- −Reported to interfere with or break existing cron jobs after installation×2
- −"Run now" option reportedly sets next execution date to 1970, rendering the cron task non-functional
- −"Run now" option reportedly duplicates cron tasks under some circumstances
- −Removing the plugin leaves behind errors referencing every installed plugin
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.15★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 163 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-10★★★★★Hmm. Nothing actually deletespatboran
- 2026-02-08★★★★★Must-Use PlugineLmore
- 2026-01-22★★★★★Workskloddant
- 2025-12-04★★★★★Life saverorangeracoon
- 2025-08-20★★★★★A way to see, create, remove and pause WordPress Cron Jobs.Farzad
- 2025-08-18★★★★★Very convenientAnonymous User
- 2025-07-10★★★★★Leaves a error upon removing on top the of plugin pageferryvb6
- 2025-04-22★★★★★Amazing, solid workTim Reeves
- 2025-03-04★★★★★Great pluginFrank G.
- 2025-02-19★★★★★A Must-Have for Managing Cron Jobs in WordPressMCD Diseño Web
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Crontrol
Top Maintenance plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
3,324
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,504
Prior 7-day baseline
1,738
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,110
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,324
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+121.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.09
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-25%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.09 → 4.15★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered