Set a wordpress cron job to hit a url every 2 minutes

Question

Hi I have a url which imports data from csv to database on wordpress.I want this to run every 2 minutes .Is tried a plugin for this cron job scheduer but this did not work. How can I write a action script function make this possibe.Please help

Answer 1

You can do the following
First you need to add the 2m interval to the schedule

add_filter('cron_schedules', 'my_schedules');

function my_schedules($schedules)
{
    $schedules['once_every_2m'] = array('interval' => 120, 'display' => 'Once every 2 minutes');
    return $schedules;
}

Then you add your job using newly created interval

if (!wp_next_scheduled('name_of_your_job'))
{
    wp_schedule_event(1481799444, 'once_every_2m', 'name_of_your_job');
}
add_action('name_of_your_job', 'function_that_should_be_executed');

function function_that_should_be_executed()
{
    //do what you need to do
}

Also, keep in mind, due to how WP cron works, it might be in accurate with timing. Docs