How to add a PHP script to wordpress

Question

I have a code that fetch data from an API and add the data as posts in Wordpress. It's suppose to run hourly.

I don't understand where i place this script in wordpress?

This is the script, it's a php class with a hourly trigger.

class MND_News_Importer
{
    private function _schedule_import()
        {
            // If the schedule isn't set
            if ( !wp_next_scheduled( self::CRON_NAME ) )
            {
                // Use the built in function wp_schedule event to run the function every hour
                wp_schedule_event( time(), 'hourly', self::CRON_NAME );
            }
        }
}

Full code can be found here: http://webbgaraget.se/2014/05/28/importera-nyheter-fran-mynewsdesk-till-wordpress-del-1/

Where am i suppose to place this code?

You can make it a template & assign that template to any page of wordpress & put that page URL in your cron job command. — Nipun Tyagi
– Nipun Tyagi, Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 10:46
create a new file inside a plugin folder mynewsdesk-importer.php and paste the full code. It will create a plugin for wordpress. Now go to admin and activate the plugin and you are done. — Shravan Sharma
– Shravan Sharma, Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 10:49
So if i run this page once with the plugin activated, will the wp_schedule_event( time(), 'hourly', self::CRON_NAME ); keep running every hour forward? — Lord Vermillion
– Lord Vermillion, Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 10:59

Jakir Hossain · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-17 10:45:52Z

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You can add this class into function.php file in WordPress.

function.php location wp-content/themes/(activeTheme)/function.php

answered Jun 17, 2015 at 10:45

Jakir Hossain

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Lord Vermillion Over a year ago

Can i just add the whole class? or do i need to init it

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