# Website load times very slow

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**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/website-load-times-very-slow/56663 "2022-01-08T08:57:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/website-load-times-very-slow/56663/6 "2022-01-08T15:08:47Z")

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To add a cron job:

1. Log into cPanel
2. Locate the “Advanced” section
3. Click on “CRON jobs”
4. Select the domain and click “Alter Crons”

You are now on the Setup page.

1. Select “5” from the minutes select box
2. Select “0” from the hours select box
3. Type `index.php` in the “Script” box
4. Click “Add Cron”

Now you have a cron job.

However, it may not run every 5 minutes, see this:

> [@Understanding Cron Job schedules](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/understanding-cron-job-schedules/50643):
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> The control panel offers a tool called Cron Jobs to periodically call a specified URL on your site. This is useful to execute scheduled tasks or perform background operations. The control panel offers a “Minute and/or Hours” selector to choose when the cron job is executed. However, this configuration system is confusing and tends to behave in unexpected ways. Recommended Schedules Calling a URL once per hour If you want like to execute a URL once per hour on the whole hour, the schedule to do…

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