Cron Jobs in cPanel: Automate Tasks on Shared Hosting

Cron Syntax

# minute hour day month weekday command
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/cron.php
0 3 * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/backup.php

WordPress: Disable WP-Cron

define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/wp-cron.php