I need to create a functionality on a wordpress plugin:
I need to insert a random numbers of time every day some information to a db table.
How would you do this in WordPress?
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I need to create a functionality on a wordpress plugin:
I need to insert a random numbers of time every day some information to a db table.
How would you do this in WordPress?
Take a look at wp_schedule_event its a cronjob.
A cron does run at a regular interval so you have to check the random part during the regular run of the cron
more WP cron:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Category:WP-Cron_Functions
http://wpengineer.com/1908/use-wordpress-cron/ <- tutorial