superpowers-sage:acorn-queues

You can run WordPress background jobs with Acorn by enabling Laravel queue workers for async tasks or Action Scheduler for WP-native scheduled actions, preventing HTTP request blocking. This setup dispatches ShouldQueue jobs with retries and backoff.

Acorn queue processing supports Redis as a queue driver, including running the Redis host inside a Lando environment. You can select either the database or Redis driver in your Acorn queue configuration.

To set up Laravel queue workers in a Sage project, set QUEUE_CONNECTION to database, run lando acorn queue:table and migrate, then start the worker using the provided run-worker script. This enables async job dispatching and batching.

Acorn queue jobs handle heavier async workloads like image processing and bulk imports using retries and chaining, while Action Scheduler handles simpler WP-native recurring workflows like daily cleanups and email digests via WP cron callbacks.

Acorn queue jobs may fail if the worker is not running, the sync driver is active, or Redis host configuration inside Lando is incorrect. Check failed jobs tables, verify worker status, and ensure safe driver selection.

You can chain and batch background jobs in WordPress using Acorn by dispatching properly designed ShouldQueue jobs. This allows sequential task execution and grouped batching for heavy workloads like API syncs.