# Add a Five-Minute Cron Schedule

> Registers an "every_five_minutes" interval that your own scheduled events can use with wp_schedule_event().

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Developer](https://wpide.com/library/category/developer/)
- Tags: developer, cron, scheduling
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/custom-cron-interval/

## Code

```php
add_filter( 'cron_schedules', function ( $schedules ) {
    if ( ! isset( $schedules['every_five_minutes'] ) ) {
        $schedules['every_five_minutes'] = array(
            'interval' => 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS,
            'display'  => 'Every five minutes',
        );
    }

    return $schedules;
} );
```

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Add a Five-Minute Cron Schedule" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/