Consider setting "DISABLE_WP_CRON": true by default in the web version

[adamziel]

Let's explore how helpful would setting "DISABLE_WP_CRON": true by default be on https://playground.wordpress.net/. @swissspidy did that in swissspidy/wp-performance-action#173 and it caught my eye.

[swissspidy]

Does WP cron even work in Playground? 😄 I'd assume it doesn't. Just like emails.

FWIW I disabled it there because I copied the existing wp-env configuration and we didn't want cron to potentially skew performance tests.

[brandonpayton]

Shouldn't WP cron work by default if it is triggered by HTTP requests?

I could see someone wanting to test a plugin queuing some action to happen via cron. I think Woo plugins do a lot with Action Scheduler, and that IIUC is triggered via WP Cron.

[swissspidy]

It performs a loopback request though. Do these work?

[adamziel]

They do! As of #1287 :)

[adamziel]

Let's not disable parts of WordPress in Playground by default – Playground is meant to be a way of bringing WordPress into new places with all WordPress features on board. At one point we may have presets such as "performance testing Blueprint" or other ones. Closing this for now.