A cronjob is a time-based job scheduler that performs an action on every interval. In our case, we can setup the cronjob to import product changes from Zoho Inventory to WooCommerce.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
Starting Cronjob / Bi-Directional Sync
Required: Connect or Pro version
- Select the Zoho Item Categories you want to include in the sync.
- Click on Save Category button.
- Now go to your hosting cPanel settings and add this Cronjob there that run every once a day:
Set this Cronjob in your Hosting cPanel
/usr/bin/php /home/customer/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-zoho-inventory/sync-from-zoho.php >/dev/null 2>&1
Note: the above path is an example for Siteground hosting, please check the example in your cPanel Cron page for the proper path or ask your hosting for the correct path.
How to find the Root Directory:
Go to WP Admin > Tools > Site Health > click on “Info” tab and open “Directories and Size”
Cron command will then become:
/usr/bin/php /home/roadmapstudios/domains/mysite.com/public_html/test/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-zoho-inventory/sync-from-zoho.php >/dev/null 2>&1
Deciding the Cron Interval:
- If you have more than 100 products, run the cronjob every 6 hours.
- More than 1000 products? Run the cronjob every 12 hours.
- More than 2000 products? Run the cronjob once a day. If you are still hitting the API calls limit after that, please purchase additional API batch from Zoho.
