Stats show /blog/wp-cron.php at the top. What is it?

[Force7]

Hi,

I have worked with websites for years but have no clue when it comes to Wordpress.

We have our main website and then a Wordpress blog running in a subfolder that is only about a year old. The blog has only 7 posts so you can see how small it is vs main website with 200 pages.

Usually our main index page of the site is at the top of the stats with the most views and this page /blog/wp-cron.php is about 30% lower. Now suddenly over the last month this page has jumped to the top and accessed almost as much as the home page of the site.

We took a big hit with the latest Google Update so we are tyring to determine if there is anything technical in our site that has caused an issue.

Thanks in advance

Force7

[Force7]

Thanks, I guess the only plugin I have that might be doing this is WordPress Database Backup by Austin Matzko.

Since I have my server backups, should I really need this extra?

[BryanCasson]

Wordpress uses the wp-cron.php for scheduled stuff like db back ups, email postings, scheduled posts, calenders etc. So if you have plugins that do this like "calendar" or "events" plugins then this page should show more often.

Secondly, if you are using Google analytics then you really should not have the tracking code running on the wp- pages as this will slow your website down and can cause many other issues