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…ron.php. Props stevenlinx for the initial patch. Fixes #31401. Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@41276 git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@41116 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
IAmBlackat · Aug 20, 2017 · ffa7e7d · ffa7e7d
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diff --git a/wp-cron.php b/wp-cron.php
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * WordPress Cron Implementation for hosts, which do not offer CRON or for which
- * the user has not set up a CRON job pointing to this file.
+ * A pseudo-CRON daemon for scheduling WordPress tasks
+ *
+ * WP Cron is triggered when the site receives a visit. In the scenario
+ * where a site may not receive enough visits to execute scheduled tasks
+ * in a timely manner, this file can be called directly or via a server
+ * CRON daemon for X number of times.
+ *
+ * Defining DISABLE_WP_CRON as true and calling this file directly are
+ * mutually exclusive and the latter does not rely on the former to work.
  *
  * The HTTP request to this file will not slow down the visitor who happens to
  * visit when the cron job is needed to run.

diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41275';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41276';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.