Action Scheduler

I was missing the actionscheduler_logs table in my database. This plugin detected it and restored it. Thanks for your efforts ! Pascal.

pol

November 24, 2025

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I started wondering why my db server was tracking TB’s of internal traffic. After a few days I tracked it down to this plugin. It was scheduling millions of claims and logs. You can’t manage any of them through the GUI without other 3rd party plugins and even then Action Scheduler just re-adds anything tasks you delete or attempt to pause. This means GB’s of useless garbage from claims and logs in my DB which slowed my server to a crawl trying to delete. I tried reinstalling the plugin. Tried pausing its schedule. Nothing work. Well, not nothing. Uninstalling the plugin and deleting the tables it added worked fine. No more 4GB WP DB or 4-6TB or network traffic. Considering I never even intentionally installed this plugin I find it incredibly frustrating how broken and incomplete it is. Do better.

smokex365

October 28, 2025

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1 reply

Everything works as stated. There was a problem with hung tasks, now cron+wp cli executes everything. Other options did not work to solve the problem.

mfwriter

March 10, 2025

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I was missing the actionscheduler_logs table in my database. This plugin detected it and restored it. Thanks for your efforts ! Pascal.

pol

November 24, 2025

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Everything works as stated. There was a problem with hung tasks, now cron+wp cli executes everything. Other options did not work to solve the problem.

mfwriter

March 10, 2025

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What this plugin/library adds to WordPress is incredibly powerful. It’s asynchronous execution of actions gives developers incredible possibilities. The fact that plugin developers have the option to integrate this plugin/library into their own plugins is fantastic. Keep up the good work!

Auke Piersma

March 18, 2024

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1 reply

I started wondering why my db server was tracking TB’s of internal traffic. After a few days I tracked it down to this plugin. It was scheduling millions of claims and logs. You can’t manage any of them through the GUI without other 3rd party plugins and even then Action Scheduler just re-adds anything tasks you delete or attempt to pause. This means GB’s of useless garbage from claims and logs in my DB which slowed my server to a crawl trying to delete. I tried reinstalling the plugin. Tried pausing its schedule. Nothing work. Well, not nothing. Uninstalling the plugin and deleting the tables it added worked fine. No more 4GB WP DB or 4-6TB or network traffic. Considering I never even intentionally installed this plugin I find it incredibly frustrating how broken and incomplete it is. Do better.

smokex365

October 28, 2025

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Only tested it, I didnt like it, and now it wont leave. Manually removing tables – crashes my site. Sucking the life out of my server. I have to ask support for how to get rid of it. Horrible Horrible

traqbar

March 5, 2024

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6 replies

This plugin is a classical malware:1) it acts hidden: it integrates in Wordpress core, don’t identificate itself for site owner, don’t allow any management of it’s activity or control for site owner. 2) It secretly and non-stop (every minute) allocates all server resources displacing all useful processes like processing user’s requests and all others too. It slow down site in times. From my experience “server response time” decreased from 7-8s to 1,2s just as I started to limit this malware, but I still can’t stop or remove it completely (there is no woocommerce on my site, but I believe that it were the result would be more impressive). 3) It acts as extension to Wordpress’s wp_cron service. All that it does can be done under pure wp_cron but not hidden and without slowing down site. So, it’s crear to understand that if some other plugin use Scheduled Actions it does it only to hide something from site owner eyes or/and slow down site (probably to upsale pro version that acts without Scheduled Actions. 4) There is no way how to completely stop neither uninstall it neither remove it’s actions neither it’s wp_cron task. 5) It’s impossible just to short circle some functions in it to stop it’s working – it’s code made the way that it break site down if someone try to stop it. I have found the way to limit it’s activity but can’t stop it completely. 6) All question to developers regarding this behavior return with answer like “it runs as we wish, keep enjoying slow down your site” or buy our other plugins or employ us to find why your site is slow down. Explanations about clear difference with Scheduled Actions working as they with and limited they just ignore. I strictly advice plugin developer run a mile of this malware otherwise site owners have to remove already your plugins accusing already you in the fatal slow of their sites and probably with criminal charge (at least in EU).

Alexander Guskov

December 17, 2023

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7 replies