WordPress Missed Schedule Publisher

Catches scheduled posts that have been missed and publishes them.

Package Installation (via Composer)

$ composer require thefrosty/wp-missed-schedule-publisher:^1.0

Integrations

Supports the following 3rd party plugin(s):

• Simple History -- log missed scheduled events and publications

• Actions

1. TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher::ACTION_SCHEDULE_MISSED
2. TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher::ACTION_SCHEDULE_PUBLISH

• How to use actions

  • When a one or more posts have missed their schedule. Example:

     use TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher;
     add_action(MissedSchedulePublisher::ACTION_SCHEDULE_MISSED, static function(array $post_ids): void {
           // Do something with the post ID's array.
     });

  • When a post that missed its schedule is published. Example:

     use TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher;
     add_action(MissedSchedulePublisher::ACTION_SCHEDULE_PUBLISH, static function(int $post_id,  false | string $old_status): void {
           $new_status = get_post_status($post_id);
    
           // Maybe there was an issue publishing?
           if ($old_status === $new_status) {
               return;
           }
    
           // Do something with the $post_id. 
     });

• Filters

1. TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher::FILTER_BATCH_LIMIT
2. TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher::FILTER_FREQUENCY

• How to use filters
  • Change the allowed batch (query) limit count. Example:

     use TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher;
     // Lower it to only 10 (defaults to 20) 
     add_filter(MissedSchedulePublisher::FILTER_BATCH_LIMIT, static fn(): int => 10);

  • Change the frequency of the check (in seconds). Example:

     use TheFrosty\WpMissedSchedulePublisher\WpAdmin\MissedSchedulePublisher;
     // Every hour (defaults to 15 minutes) 
     add_filter(MissedSchedulePublisher::FILTER_FREQUENCY, static fn(): int => \HOUR_IN_SECONDS);
     // Every minute (defaults to 15 minutes) 
     add_filter(MissedSchedulePublisher::FILTER_FREQUENCY, static fn(): int => \MINUTE_IN_SECONDS);