Cron jobs—scheduled tasks—are limited on shared hosting like Namecheap In cPanel’s \"Cron Jobs\" check frequency (e g 1/hour)—test with
*/60 * * * * echo \"Test\" >> /home/user/cron.log
if SSH is enabled No UFW or Fail2ban—MySQL backups via cron count toward CPU usage (<20% ideal) HostGator allows 5-minute intervals—verify execution with cPanel’s \"Cron Email\" feature Overuse slows sites—impacts uptime if scripts (e g phpMyAdmin exports) run too often VPS offers unlimited cron—shared hosting uptime depends on sticking to limits