Magento – How to set up properly Cron job on shared hosting

Magento has a script called cron.php that executes all of the cronjobs that extensions create internally in Magento. It's advisable to indeed run this every 5 minutes.

Now in your screenshot the time is set right. All you need to do is add the command in the last box.

 /usr/local/lsws/fcgi-bin/lsphp5 /home/user/domains/mydomain.com/public_html/cron.php

Basically the first part is the path to the PHP executable that will run the script and the second part is the FULL path to the script itself. For me usually using the php command is enough to execute a script with PHP but if you're not sure just contact your hosting provider

Please Try This

It looks like you're using the default Magento cron.

If you want the AOE Scheduler to work you need to use the scheduler's cron instead - e.g.:

*/5 * * * * /bin/sh -f /home/cpanel_user/public_html/scheduler_cron.sh

FYI - the "heartbeat" task is a very lightweight cron job that runs every time, simply reporting that the scheduler is running. If your message is showing you that the heartbeat couldn't be found it likely means either that your cron isn't configured correctly, or there's a lock in place. You can try removing var/locks and the scheduler's lock which normally lives in /tmp if this is the case.

Hope It's helpful for any one.