WooCommerce crons, scheduled actions and logs

  • Hello, I’m researching how woocommerce really works. When we install the Wocommerce plugin, will new crons and scheduled actions be installed on the WordPress site? Also, I think the database has 4 different tables related to these;

    wp_actionscheduler_actions
    wp_actionscheduler_claims
    wp_actionscheduler_groups
    wp_actionscheduler_logs
    wp_woocommerce_log

    Are the logs created by Woocommerce automatically cleared from these tables? Or should we follow these?

    I also don’t quite understand where and how I should configure wordpress/woocommerce crons and scheduled actions. I’m a little confused about this and worried that woocommerce will slow down the site.

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  • Plugin Support Zubair Zahid (woo-hc)

    (@doublezed2)

    Hello thecreator01

    Thank you for contacting Woo support.

    It is great to hear that you are researching WooCommerce.
    I will be happy to assist you with your answers.

    When you install the WooCommerce plugin on your WordPress site, it indeed introduces new cron jobs and scheduled actions to manage various tasks.
    WooCommerce uses a library called Action Scheduler to handle the background processing of tasks.
    This includes tasks like sending emails, syncing inventory, processing refunds, etc.

    WooCommerce automatically deletes any actions that were completed or canceled more than a month ago. For more details, I suggest reading this guide:
    https://actionscheduler.org/

    Please don’t hesitate to contact us again if you have more questions or concerns.
    We are here to help ??

    Best regards.

    Thread Starter thecreator01

    (@thecreator01)

    Thank you very much for your reply. @doublezed2

    I’m glad that WooCommerce automatically cleans up logs and records that are no longer needed. So, are there transactions in the database or application for Woocommerce that we need to clean up regularly? Or any tool/plugin for this? (Regarding the tables I mentioned in the topic or any table)

    I’m actually creating a very simple e-commerce site and I don’t need many features. I will just add products and sell. But when I reach hundreds of thousands of users and sales, I really don’t want to deal with database and performance issues. I think Woocommerce is a lightweight plugin, but I still have similar concerns and wanted to ask you about them.

    ?? hey @thecreator01

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    I hope this helps!

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