As discussed previously in this series, you’ll need to have WP-Crontrol installed and go to the Add PHP Cron Entry screen under Manage->Crontrol. For Hook Code, enter the following snippet:

    $email  = 'There are currently ';
    $email .= akismet_spam_count();
    $email .= ' spams identified by Akismet, of which ';
    $email .= akismet_spam_count('comment');
    $email .= ' are comment spams and ';
    $email .= akismet_spam_count('trackback');
    $email .= ' are trackback spams.  Akismet has caught ';
    $email .= number_format_i18n(get_option('akismet_spam_count'));
    $email .= ' spams since you first installed it.';
    wp_mail('scompt@scompt.com', 'Spam statistics', $email);

Notice that all we’re doing is tossing a string together and sending it off to the wp_mail function to be emailed. You’ll of course want to change the email address. I personally don’t need to know how much spam you’re getting… I’ve got problems of my own.

PHP Cron Entry Screen

The first requirement is to install WP-Crontrol. This will add the Manage->Crontrol admin screen. Head there and you’ll get a quick insight into what’s going on behind the scenes in the WP-Cron system. We want to add a new PHP cron entry, so click on the small link next to ‘Add Cron Entry’. Now you should have something like the screen to the right.

The code that we’re going to use for the hook is below. I won’t go deep into it. Suffice to say, it looks at the date of the most recent post. If it’s more than 2 days old, it sends out an email reminder.

    global $post;
    $recent = new WP_Query("showposts=1");
    if( $recent->have_posts() ) {
        $recent->the_post();
        if(time()-strtotime($post->post_date)>60*60*24*2)
            mail('scompt@scompt.com', 'Post reminder',
                 "Hey!  You haven't posted in a while.");
    }

The only other options to set are when to run the hook and how often. After saving the hook, it should run immediately. Depending on how good you’ve been, you’ll get an email.