Getting Scheduled Events (wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files) has failed to run

  • Hi,

    After running a health check I am getting
    A scheduled event (wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files) has failed to run. Your site still works, but this may indicate that scheduling posts or automated updates may not work as intended.

    >> .htaccess is default
    >> Using cPanel staging to stage a website before making it live
    >> Installed manual triggering plugins to make the cron job running

    Need help asap how to resolve this issue.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    What plugin are you running to manage the events?

    Did you find the reason for this?

    I’m getting this with a Cron Job for Profile Builder Hobbyist…

    Specifically:

    The scheduled event, check_plugin_updates-profile-builder-hobbyist-update, failed to run. Your site still works, but this may indicate that scheduling posts or automated updates may not work as intended.

    Deactivating the plugin, and removing this item, and then re-activating the plugin does NOT fix the issue… any suggestions?

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Andrew Nevins. Reason: Signature redacted

    I have that too

    The scheduled event, wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files, failed to run. Your site still works, but this may indicate that scheduling posts or automated updates may not work as intended.

    I have this notice too in Tools > Site Health:

    The scheduled event, wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files, failed to run. Your site still works, but this may indicate that scheduling posts or automated updates may not work as intended.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

    I also have the same issue.

    Any fix for this?

    Hi, I also find the same use when I used PLUGIN HEALTH CHECKUP TO IDENTITY THE PROBLEM WITH “CANT EDIT MY PAGE AND POST”

    Please help and suggest and resolution to the problem.

    I think this is all after WORDPRESS UPDATE.
    I could not even take a backup.
    I tried BACKUP PLUGIN BUT IT COULD NOT take Backup, due to scheduled error.

    Please help.
    regards,
    Nagendra

    I have the same issue! Exactly the same… anyone has the fix for this? I’m still debugging the site for this. I suspect that this is in the latest version we use.

    A scheduled event (wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files) has failed to run. Your site still works, but this may indicate that scheduling posts or automated updates may not work as intended.

    I had this same issue creep up today with the “wp_privacy_delete_old_export_files failed to run” message in my customer’s Site Health box.

    They’re running WP 5.4 and WooCommerce. I remember seeing this message a few times across versions so upgrading does not appear to fix it, and it has been around for a few upgrades now I believe.

    I was able to clear the message out by going into the database “options” table, and editing the “cron” option row to remove the offending event. It appeared at the very top of my cron option string, but results may differ from one install to the next. I did also notice that there were duplicate entries for this event.

    Once I removed this event, saved the database table row, and refreshed the Site Health page, I had a new warning message about another scheduled event failing to run on time. To fix this I just loaded “http(s)://youdomain.com/wp-cron.php” to manually trigger all of the cron activities again. You will have to modify this URL to fit whether you are using HTTP or HTTPS, as well as replace “yourdomain.com” with your own domain or the path to your WordPress install if it is in a sub-directory of your domain.

    The key thing I noticed is that even after removing the offending scheduled events from the scheduled event from the cron database table row, the events did come back after reloading a page on my site, but with different details from the looks of it. So my best guess without really digging into it too much more is that there are old scheduled events that aren’t getting cleaned up even though they are being created new again after upgrade.

    I had the same message today, after searching for a solution , I found something :
    I use a cron job on the server , not these from wordpress .

    Wordpress timer for this job is set to 3600 sec (hourly) , but the cronjob on server was set to more than one hour ((once a day).
    Changing this to one hour solved the problem (in my case).

    So CRON JOB must run at least ONCE an hour to be ok.

    I think check plugin settings if you use plugin , or adapt crontab on the server

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