wp_schedule_event not firing

Question

I\'m trying to schedule an event inside a theme\'s functions.php but I cannot get it to "fire". I\'m using the Cron View plugin and it shows the event

Answer 1

You can manually run WordPress cron jobs by going to http://www.example.com/wp-cron.php?doing_cron. This is where you will be able to see any errors that your scripts creates, really useful when debugging wp scheduled tasks.