How to Set Up Cron Jobs in cPanel

In this video, I’ll show you how to set up Cron Jobs in cPanel, making it easy to schedule scripts and commands to run automatically at regular intervals.

We’ll cover:

What Cron Jobs are and why they’re useful
How to access the Cron Job feature in cPanel
Setting up a simple Cron Job
Customizing your schedule with cron syntax
Testing your Cron Jobs and checking the logs

By the end of this video, you’ll have the skills to automate repetitive tasks and save time on managing your website.

Scripts used as examples:

To set a Cron Job to back up your files daily at 2 AM with a command like:

To set a Cron Job to update everything weekly on Sundays at 4 AM:
/usr/local/bin/wp core update
/usr/local/bin/wp plugin update --all
/usr/local/bin/wp theme update --all

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