- <hook>
- The hook name.
- [<next-run>]
- A Unix timestamp or an English textual datetime description compatible with
strtotime(). Defaults to now.
- [<recurrence>]
- How often the event should recur. See
wp cron schedule list for available schedule names. Defaults to no recurrence.
- [--<field>=<value>]
- Arguments to pass to the hook for the event. <field> should be a numeric key, not a string.
# Schedule a new cron event
$ wp cron event schedule cron_test
Success: Scheduled event with hook 'cron_test' for 2016-05-31 10:19:16 GMT.
# Schedule new cron event with hourly recurrence
$ wp cron event schedule cron_test now hourly
Success: Scheduled event with hook 'cron_test' for 2016-05-31 10:20:32 GMT.
# Schedule new cron event and pass arguments
$ wp cron event schedule cron_test '+1 hour' --0=first-argument --1=second-argument
Success: Scheduled event with hook 'cron_test' for 2016-05-31 11:21:35 GMT.
These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.
| Argument |
Description |
--path=<path> |
Path to the WordPress files. |
--url=<url> |
Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. |
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>] |
Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). |
--http=<http> |
Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. |
--user=<id\|login\|email> |
Set the WordPress user. |
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] |
Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. |
--skip-themes[=<themes>] |
Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. |
--skip-packages |
Skip loading all installed packages. |
--require=<path> |
Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--exec=<php-code> |
Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--context=<context> |
Load WordPress in a given context. |
--[no-]color |
Whether to colorize the output. |
--debug[=<group>] |
Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. |
--prompt[=<assoc>] |
Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. |
--quiet |
Suppress informational messages. |
