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Last updated on Nov 3, 2026

ee cron

Manages cron on easyengine sites and host machine.

Jobs run from EasyEngine’s global cron scheduler container (services_global-cron_1), which ee cron create starts when needed. A site job runs in the site’s PHP container. A host job runs as root inside the scheduler container, not on the server itself, so it can’t run WP-CLI, PHP or Docker. For scripts that must run on the server, use the system crontab.

SUBCOMMANDS

NameDescription
ee cron createAdds a cron job to run a command at specific interval etc.
ee cron deleteDeletes a cron job
ee cron listLists scheduled cron jobs.
ee cron run-nowRuns a cron job
ee cron updateUpdates a cron job.