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  Public Ticket #3637723
Appointment Notification Reminder
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  • Vrushabh started the conversation

    Dear Amelia Support Team,

    I'm writing to bring to your attention an issue with the notification reminders feature in the Amelia plugin. Our configuration is set to send users an email reminder 1 hour before and another reminder 24 hours before their appointment. However, despite these settings, the notifications are not being delivered as expected.

    Could you please investigate this matter and provide guidance on resolving the issue? Ensuring timely reminders is crucial for our users' scheduling experience, and we appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.

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    Stefan replied

    Hello Vrushabh,

    Thanks for reaching out to us.

    Reminder notifications are also known as scheduled notifications, which means you need to have cronjob configured in order to send them. While you can configure this in CPanel, we recommend using WPCrontrol plugin, since it's the proven method of sending scheduled notifications.

    Bellow you can find instructions on how to configure the cronjob and how it should work 

    Depending on the server, there are different configurations for it, which you can contact your hosting provider about, or you can check out one of the solutions for it on this link.

    Also, you can try this:

    */15 * * * * wget -q -O - "https://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send"

    Or this:

    */15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php ~/public_html/wp-cron.php --action='wpamelia_api' --call='/notifications/scheduled/send'

    Or this:

    GET 'https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpamelia_api&call=/notifications/scheduled/send' > /dev/null

    WP Crontrol plugin is the best option if you're not familiar with cron jobs. You can find more info about it, and detailed instructions on how to set it up in our FAQ section.

    So, if you already read that, and still need some clarification here's some further info.

    You copy only the URL from below a scheduled notification:

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    Then, go to Tools/Cron Events, and click on the "Cron Schedules" tab. In it, add a 15-minute interval:

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    Then go back to the "Cron Events" tab and click on "Add new":

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    Below it, select the "PHP Cron event" radio button, and add the URL you copied from Amelia/Notifications in this form:

    file_get_contents("yourURL");
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    Below it add the name and set it to run a few minutes in the future, using the provided time format. So, if you're adding the cron event at 12:45 (local, current time), set it to run at 12:50; and then select the schedule you previously selected:

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    Click on Add Event, and that's it.

    The cron runs every 15 minutes and checks if there's an email to be sent. So, in Amelia Notifications, your scheduled notifications are set to run every day at a certain time. If you set that time to be 15:00 (for example), the emails will be sent when the cron runs after that time.

    For example, there's an appointment booked for tomorrow, and it's currently 14:44 - the cron runs, but since it's not yet 15:00, it doesn't send anything. It runs again after 15 minutes, so at 14:59, but there are still no emails flagged by Amelia, so it doesn't send anything. Then it runs again at 15:14 and it sees there's an email that should've been sent at 15:00, so it sends the email. It will only send emails when Amelia sees an appointment scheduled for the next day.

    Please, double check the configuration and let me know if it works.

    Kind Regards, 

    Stefan Petrov
    [email protected]

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