6 Best Action Scheduler Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Action Scheduler has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 6 closest alternatives to Action Scheduler
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Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control
4.7 (38) 30,000+ active installsView, pause, remove, edit and add WP Cron events and schedules.
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
- 2
4.6 (31) 2,000+ active installsTake a copy of an arbitrary post/page/cpt, change it and make it replace the original post at a given date and time in the future.
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, no update since August 17, 2018.
- 3
5.0 (38) 20,000+ active installsProvides a familiar interface to view, search, edit, and delete Transients.
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since October 18, 2024.
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4.6 (24) 4,000+ active installsDraft up revisions of live, published content. The live content doesn't change until you publish the revision manually or with the scheduling system.
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since March 28, 2021.
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Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner
4.9 (59) 30,000+ active installsAre your scheduled posts missing their publication times? Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher effectively resolves the 'missed scheduled post' …
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated March 16, 2026.
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4.5 (165) 300,000+ active installsTake control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol.
Shares the cron tag on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
Switching from Action Scheduler: common questions
What is the best alternative to Action Scheduler?
Advanced Cron Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Action Scheduler alternative has the most users?
WP Crontrol, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Action Scheduler alternative is rated highest?
Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 59 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Action Scheduler alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Action Scheduler score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Action Scheduler on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Advanced Cron Manager is the closest match to Action Scheduler by the data we track, and WP Crontrol has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. WP Crontrol shipped the most recent release, on August 29, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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