MWW Scheduled Post Trigger
Publishes missed scheduled posts when WordPress Cron fails. Ideal for small to medium sites.
- Active installs
- 60,000+
- #645 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 479.7K
- 479,743
- Downloads, 30 days
- 7.1K
- 1.7K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5
- 27 reviews
- Last updated
- 48 days ago
- Sep 13, 2026
- Version
- 3.3
- 2 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 13, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.0 or newer |
| First published | September 7, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | No threads opened |
Reviews
4.4 / 5 from 27 reviews
| 5 stars | 23 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 4 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
When a visitor loads your site, this lightweight script checks to see if any scheduled posts have been missed. If so, it publishes them immediately.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Can I use this on a high-traffic site?
This plugin is meant as a stop-gap until you and your web host determine why the built-in WordPress Cron Scheduler is not working. This plugin is not designed for continuous use on large sites that have over 10k of scheduled posts or heavy traffic.
How often does it check missed posts?
Every time someone loads your home page or a single post/article.
I’ve activated the plugin-and the posts are not publishing
Make sure your time zone is set correctly. Make sure there are no plugin conflicts by turning off your other plugins, one by one. Especially caching plugins.
The plugin is giving the site a memory error or white screen
If your database has a significant number of scheduled posts (over 10k) or you have heavy traffic, then you might not have enough memory allocated to WordPress. You can try adding this line in your wp_config.php file:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');
Latest changelog entry
Changed description & added FAQ. Tested to WP 6.9.4
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.