Cron job

Add the one scheduled task Sellora needs, in cPanel or on a VPS, and check that it runs.

Sellora uses Laravel's scheduler. You add one cron entry that runs every minute; the application decides which jobs are due.

What the scheduler does#

• Sends abandoned-cart reminders (checked every hour).
• Refreshes currency exchange rates daily (when automatic refresh is on).
• Generates the sitemap.
• Releases stock held by unpaid orders after the expiry time you set in Settings > Checkout.
• Writes a heartbeat so the admin panel can show when the scheduler last ran.

The store works without it, but these tasks will not run.

The cron line#

The setup wizard's last screen and Admin > System > Info show the exact line for your server. It looks like this:

* * * * * cd /home/myaccount/public_html && /usr/local/bin/php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

The path before artisan must be the folder that contains the artisan file. The PHP path must point to PHP 8.3 or newer.

cPanel#

1. Open Cron Jobs.
2. Under Add New Cron Job choose Once Per Minute (* * * * *).
3. Paste the command (everything after * * * * *) into the Command box and click Add New Cron Job.

VPS#

Open the crontab of the web-server user and add the line:

sudo crontab -u www-data -e

Checking that it works#

Wait two minutes, then open Admin > System > Info. The last cron run time should be recent. If it says "never":

• Check the PHP path and the folder path in your cron line.
• Run the command by hand over SSH (without the >> /dev/null part) to see any error message.
• Make sure the user that runs cron can write to storage.

Queues#

Sellora works with QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync (the default), meaning e-mails are sent while the visitor's request runs. Switching to an asynchronous queue is an advanced option (it needs a running queue worker under a process manager such as Supervisor, see the Laravel documentation) and is not needed for typical stores.