Jobs

A Job is an automated task that runs on a schedule — either once at a specific time or repeatedly on a cron expression. Jobs use the same actions and logic primitives as Features, but instead of reacting to WordPress events they run on a timer.

Job types

One-time

Runs once at a specific date and time, then stops.

Example: Send a summary email on January 1st at 9am.

schedule_type: one_time
run_at: 2025-01-01 09:00:00

Recurring

Runs repeatedly on a cron schedule.

Example: Every Monday at 8am, archive posts older than 90 days with no activity.

schedule_type: recurring
cron_expression: 0 8 * * 1

Cron expressions follow the standard 5-field format: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week.

Common examples:

Optional conditions

Any job can have an optional condition. If the condition fails, the job's actions are skipped for that run — but the job remains active and will try again on the next scheduled run.

Example: "Send a daily report — but only if there are more than 10 new posts today."

Managing jobs

Go to Clautron → Jobs to see all jobs with their schedule, next run time, last run time, and status. Each job row shows:

• Schedule — one-time datetime or cron expression
• Next Run — when it will run next
• Last Run — last execution time with a ✓ or ✗ indicator
• Error — expandable last error message if the job failed

Bulk Activate: Select multiple jobs with the checkboxes and click Bulk Activate Selected.

Creating a job

Click + New Job — the AI Assistant opens with job context pre-set. Describe what you want to schedule:

• "Every Sunday at midnight, find all draft posts older than 30 days and delete them permanently."
• "Once, on 2025-06-01 at 10am, send an email to admin@mysite.com with the text 'Summer campaign starts today'."