wp-includes/cron.php:851Sends a request to run cron through HTTP request that doesn't halt page loading.
$gmt_timeintoptional0bool2 hooks fire while spawn_cron() runs, in this order:
Filters whether SSL should be verified for local HTTP API requests.
function spawn_cron( $gmt_time = 0 ) { if ( ! $gmt_time ) { $gmt_time = microtime( true ); } if ( defined( 'DOING_CRON' ) || isset( $_GET['doing_wp_cron'] ) ) { return false; } /* * Get the cron lock, which is a Unix timestamp of when the last cron was spawned * and has not finished running. * * Multiple processes on multiple web servers can run this code concurrently, * this lock attempts to make spawning as atomic as possible. */ $lock = (float) get_transient( 'doing_cron' ); if ( $lock > $gmt_time + 10 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS ) { $lock = 0; } // Don't run if another process is currently running it or more than once every 60 sec. if ( $lock + WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT > $gmt_time ) { return false; } // Confidence check. $crons = wp_get_ready_cron_jobs(); if ( empty( $crons ) ) { return false; } $keys = array_keys( $crons ); if ( isset( $keys[0] ) && $keys[0] > $gmt_time ) { return false; } if ( defined( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON' ) && ALTERNATE_WP_CRON ) { if ( 'GET' !== $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) || defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) ) { return false; } $doing_wp_cron = sprintf( '%.22F', $gmt_time ); set_transient( 'doing_cron', $doing_wp_cron ); ob_start(); wp_redirect( add_query_arg( 'doing_wp_cron', $doing_wp_cron, wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) ); echo ' '; // Flush any buffers and send the headers. wp_ob_end_flush_all(); flush(); require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-cron.php'; return true; } // Set the cron lock with the current unix timestamp, when the cron is being spawned. $doing_wp_cron = sprintf( '%.22F', $gmt_time ); set_transient( 'doing_cron', $doing_wp_cron ); /** * Filters the cron request arguments. * * @since 3.5.0 * @since 4.5.0 The `$doing_wp_cron` parameter was added. * * @param array $cron_request_array { * An array of cron request URL arguments. * * @type string $url The cron request URL. * @type int $key The 22 digit GMT microtime. * @type array $args { * An array of cron request arguments. * * @type int $timeout The request timeout in seconds. Default .01 seconds. * @type bool $blocking Whether to set blocking for the request. Default false. * @type bool $sslverify Whether SSL should be verified for the request. Default false. * }Introduced in 2.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/cron.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.