I disabled WP-Cron with functions.php and created cronjobs at the hosting panel. No problems at all.
Whatever works, but according to Ludwig — the developer — that is not the correct way to disable WP Cron. What you are supposed to do according to his online instructions, is add the following to the “wp-config.php” file:
//Disable internal Wp-Cron function
define(‘DISABLE_WP_CRON’, true);
Please refer to the link further back in this thread called “WP-Cron: Scheduling Tasks in WordPress” for more details.
I also set up my own cron job, but I had to do it differently on a Mac. But as with you, it is now working great.
