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Looking for some guidance around setting up a cron job to run every 15 minutes that sets off a script within the WordPress Plugin Amelia. According to their docs, I need to add the following line to the Cron file:

*/15 * * * * https://domain.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send

Now as I'm using CPanel I set up the cronjob using the gui so it looks something like this. Swapping https://domain.com for the actual domain.: enter image description here

I've added quotes to the command as I was getting errors because it was splitting the command when reaching an & but I am still getting an error saying the directory is not found.

Any help would be great. Thank you in advance.

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    An URL is not a command. Did you mean to call curl with this URL? Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 10:34
  • @Kusalananda not 100% sure as I'm trying to follow the documentation set out by the API. They mention no use of Curl. However willing to give it a try. I have tried wget -q -O - https://mydomian.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send but no luck. Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 11:35
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    your wget command is without "added quotes to the command as I was getting errors" Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 12:15
  • Explain exactly what you wan the cron job to do. Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 13:49

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Can you try updating the command section to

GET 'https://domain.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send' > /dev/null

You can try running the same command without > /dev/null , if the shell access is available.

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The notifications documentation as available in July 2023 doesn't match what you were trying:

Also, you can try this:

*/15 * * * * wget -q -O – "https://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send"

This:

*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php ~/public_html/wp-cron.php –action='wpamelia_api’ –call=’/notifications/scheduled/send'

Or this:

GET 'https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send' > /dev/null

Comparing the first suggestion with your own attempt, you appear to have omitted the command itself and the double quotes from the cron command line, wget -q -O -. (I had to replace the "smart quotes" in the documentation with standard single and double quote marks; perhaps that was your problem.)

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