Run Cron Jobs in WordPress Using WP CLI (bash Script)

wp-cron.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Run cron jobs for all wordpress sites in a folder using WP CLI.
# Author: https://github.com/ph33nx

# !IMP: Change BASE_DIR below to the folder that has the wordpress sites. Ex: /var/www or /usr/share/nginx etc..
BASE_DIR="/path_to_folder_that_has_wordpress_sites/"

# Check for wp-cli.phar existence in the system
if ! command -v wp &> /dev/null; then
    echo "WP-CLI could not be found. Please install it first."
    exit 1
fi

# Loop through each WordPress directory
for dir in $BASE_DIR*; do
  if [ -d "$dir" ] && [ -f "$dir/wp-config.php" ]; then
    echo "Running cron in $dir"

    sudo -u www-data wp --path="$dir" cron event run --due-now
  else
    echo "Skipping $dir, no valid WordPress installation found."
  fi
done

echo "All Cron jobs run successfully"