{"id":8904,"date":"2022-08-29T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=8904"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:49:57","slug":"crontab","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/crontab\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling and Disabling Crontab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to use cron on your hosting account, you must first enable crontab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crontab is disabled by default. However, if you wish to use cron, you can enable the crontab feature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By enabling crontab, you will be able to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Create cron jobs via the Account Control Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create cron jobs via the command line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enabling Crontab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Cron is only available on:<br>- Shared<br>- VPS<br>- Dedicated<br>- WP Professional and WP Professional Plus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left sidebar, click the <strong>Advanced <\/strong>tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Manage Cron Jobs<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Enable Cron Jobs<\/strong>, make sure that the button is toggled on<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Hosting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the \u201cSite Management\u201d section, click the <strong>Manage Cron Jobs<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Enable Cron Jobs<\/strong>, make sure that the button is toggled on<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will enable crontab on your hosting account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disabling Crontab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can disable the cron functionality at any time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\">Disabling crontab on your account will also affect cron use via the command line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface-2\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface-2\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left sidebar, click the Advanced tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Manage Cron Jobs<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Enable Cron Jobs<\/strong>, make sure that the button is toggled off<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Hosting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the \u201cSite Management\u201d section, click the <strong>Manage Cron Jobs<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Enable Cron Jobs<\/strong>, make sure that the button is toggled off<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will disable crontab.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about cron, see:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/configuring-cron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Cron?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/paircloud-using-cron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Using Cron <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to use cron on your hosting account, you must first enable crontab. 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However, if you wish to use cron, you can enable the crontab feature.&nbsp; By enabling crontab, you will be able to:&nbsp; Enabling Crontab Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[175],"ht-kb-tag":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enabling and Disabling Crontab - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/crontab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enabling and Disabling Crontab - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In order to use cron on your hosting account, you must first enable crontab. 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