Missing Scheduled Posts

Additional Info: I tried disabling W3 Total Cache to confirm that that was the source of the problem, then scheduled a post. It published successfully.

I then thought to try re-enabling the plugin and disabling settings one by one as noted in another similar post, but as it was re-enabled it started to work again. My guess is that it cleared the cache on disable and wiped whatever issue was preventing scheduled posts from publishing.

I’ve done this before (disable the plugin) and found that scheduled posts do work for a time, but after an indeterminate amount of time they always stop working again.

Hello @bravesamwise

Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
Can you please share which caching method you are using for Page Caching?
W3 Total Cache has some options that rely on wp-cron and this is mostly a Garbage collection schedule.
However, as you mentioned, once the scheduled post is published we have an action that calls the cache purge for this.

If you experience the issue again, can you please manually purge the cache and let me know if the issue persists?
Thanks!

Thanks very much for your prompt response Marko.

We are page caching via Redis.

Would it be worth trying to set an exception for caching wp-cron?

Hello @bravesamwise

Thank you for your feedback.
W3TC should not cache wp-cron requests. Are you using Object Cachig or DB Caching by any chance and if so, can you please sahre also which caching method there is used and the advanced settings screenshot?
Thanks!

Thanks again Marko! Yes, we are using Redis for Object caching as well.

Here are screenshots of the advanced settings.

Hello @bravesamwise

Just to confirm, are you still experiencing the same issue?

Thanks!