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How to Set New Schedule for Import Cron Jobs in Feedzy? ​

📝 Note: This feature is available only in the premium version of Feedzy, which you can get from here.

Feedzy allows you to create custom cron schedules for your feed imports. This gives you full control over how often Feedzy checks and fetches new content, beyond the default options (once hourly, twice daily, once daily, and once weekly).

How to Add a Custom Cron Schedule ​

  1. Go to Feedzy → Settings in your WordPress dashboard.

    Open the Schedules tab.

    In the Add Cron Schedule section, fill out the fields:

    • Interval (seconds): The frequency in seconds (e.g., 10800 for every 3 hours).
    • Display Name: A friendly name shown in the Feedzy interface (e.g., Every 3 Hours).
    • Internal Name: A unique identifier used internally (e.g., every_three_hours ).

  2. Click Add Cron Schedule.

  3. Don’t forget to click Save Settings after adding your schedule.

Your new schedule will now appear alongside the default ones when setting up or editing a feed import.

Troubleshooting: import does not run on the configured schedule ​

If an import job runs less often than expected — for example, once daily when it is configured to run every two hours — the most common cause is that the job is assigned to a schedule that was created by another plugin or custom code.

Understanding externally created schedules ​

Feedzy lists all WordPress cron schedules registered on your site in its schedule dropdowns. This includes schedules created by other plugins or themes, which are labeled (externally created). If the plugin that registered the schedule is deactivated, uninstalled, or changes its schedule interval, any import job assigned to that schedule may stop running at the expected frequency or run inconsistently.

To avoid this, always assign import jobs to a schedule you created inside Feedzy.

Reassign an import job to a native Feedzy schedule ​

  1. Go to Feedzy → Settings in your WordPress dashboard and open the Schedules tab.
  2. In the Add Cron Schedule section, fill in the Interval (seconds), Display Name, and Internal Name fields, then click Add Cron Schedule.
  3. Click Save Settings.
  4. Go to Feedzy → Import Posts and open the import job you want to update.
  5. In the Schedule section, select the new schedule from the Import schedule dropdown.
  6. Save the import job.

The import job will now run on the Feedzy-managed schedule. Monitor the next few runs to confirm the timing matches your configuration.

When to check WP-Cron instead ​

If no Feedzy imports run at all, or if cron events appear as overdue in a cron management plugin such as WP Crontrol, the issue may be with WP-Cron on your site rather than the schedule assignment. See How to Check if Cron Jobs are Working on Your Site for steps to diagnose and fix WP-Cron problems.