Comparison · generated on request
Action Scheduler vs Cron Scheduler
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Action Scheduler | Cron Scheduler | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Action Scheduler - Job Queue for WordPress | A WordPress plugin to easily adjust the frequency of cron jobs with a user-friendly interface. |
| Active installs | 20,000+ | fewer than 10 |
| Rating | 3.5★ (13) | — |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 15 months ago |
| Current owner | Automattic | Juanjo Rubio |
| Added to directory | 14 Jul 2020 | 20 Jun 2025 |
| Tested up to | WP 7.0.4 | WP 6.8.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 8.0 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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