---
title: "Replace WP-Cron with a Real Cron Job"
url: "https://couponaffiliates.com/fr/documents/veritable-job-cron/"
updated: "2021-10-19"
category: General Questions + Help
---

# Replace WP-Cron with a Real Cron Job

### Disable default wp-cron.php behavior

Add the following like to your wp-config.php file.

```
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', 'true');
```

This will disable the default wp-cron.

You can now setup a real cron job via your hosting.

### Real Cron Job Setup

To setup “real cron job”, you will want to setup a new cron job with your hosting, that will trigger the following command every minute:

```
wget -q -O - https://yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron >/dev/null 2>&1
```

You can contact your website hosting to help with this.

**If you have access to “cPanel”:**

- Login to your hosting cPanel and then search for CRON.
- Click on Cron Jobs and create a new one.
- Select Once Every Minute from Common Settings.
- Then in “command” add the command show above. Replace *https://yourdomain.com/* with your site URL.
- Click “Add New Cron Job” and you are done.