If you’ve ever wrestled with setting up and managing cron jobs in Mautic, here’s some good news. A fresh open-source plugin called the Scheduled Jobs Plugin just landed from Topchunks, and it’s designed to make your life way easier.
Cron jobs are the backbone of automation in Mautic—running campaigns, syncing data, sending emails, and more. But let’s be honest: configuring them through a server’s command line or external system can be a headache, especially if you’re not a tech wizard. This plugin brings cron job management right into Mautic’s UI. That means you can enable, disable, set intervals, and get complete logs of each cron execution without leaving your dashboard.
What’s especially slick is the control over different campaigns having their own intervals and the ability to manage data sync timing with CRM integrations. Essentially, it’s giving you one place to control schedules that used to need multiple tools or manual setups.
There’s a video demo from the developers showing it in action, and the code is open-source on GitHub if you want to peek under the hood or contribute. While the plugin is available for purchase at $250, open-sourcing it opens the door for community input and improvements, which is always a win for Mautic users.
From my perspective, this kind of tool is a huge step toward making Mautic more approachable and powerful for marketers who want to run smooth automation without the admin pain. If you’ve been hesitant about cron jobs or found yourself double-checking if your automation actually triggered—this plugin might be the fix you didn’t know you needed.
Curious? You can check out the full discussion over at the Mautic forum and dive into the plugin details on the developer’s site. And if the whole hosting and cron management hassle feels like too much, remember Mailertizer offers a hosted Mautic platform where this is all taken care of for you.
