{"id":43856,"date":"2025-05-15T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?p=43856"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:36:45","slug":"this-identifier_cron_interval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/this-identifier_cron_interval\/","title":{"rendered":"{$this->identifier}_cron_interval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-description\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gravity Forms includes a filter for controlling the cron interval of background processing classes that extend the GF_Background_Process class. The <code>{$this-&gt;identifier}_cron_interval<\/code> filter allows developers to override the default schedule for asynchronous tasks, such as processing feeds or handling notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This filter is dynamically generated based on the identifier property of the background process class. The identifier is constructed by combining the class\u2019s $prefix and $action properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-identifiers\">Identifiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Class<\/th><th>Filter Name<\/th><th>Default Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><code>GF_Feed_Processor<\/code><\/td><td><code>wp_gf_feed_processor_cron_interval<\/code><\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>GF_Feed_Processor<\/code><\/td><td><code>wp_gf_{add-on_short_slug}_feed_processor_cron_interval<\/code><\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>GF_Background_Upgrader<\/code><\/td><td><code>wp_gf_upgrader_cron_interval<\/code><\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>GF_Notifications_Processor<\/code><\/td><td><code>wp_gf_notifications_processor_cron_interval<\/code><\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>GF_Telemetry_Processor<\/code><\/td><td><code>wp_gf_telemetry_processor_cron_interval<\/code><\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( &#039;wp_gf_feed_processor_cron_interval&#039;, function( $interval ) {\n    return 10 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS; \/\/ Set interval to 10 minutes\n} );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parameters\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Parameter<\/th><th>Type<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>$interval<\/strong><\/td><td><code><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/integer\/\">integer<\/a><\/code><\/td><td>The interval in seconds between scheduled executions. 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