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When I run my cron job, wget -O - -q -t 1 domain.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=XXX&pass=XXX&key=XXXXX
When I use this link in my browser it works just fine no issue, so the key is valid. I get the same error when running GET domain.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=XXX&pass=XXX&key=XXXXX
I can't seem to use single quotes or it stops running altogether. A FQDN and I get a JSON error in the cron setup.
Without quotes around the URL, your shell may interpret the '&' character as a request to run a command in the background:
$ wget -O - -q -t 1 none.such/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=XXX&pass=XXX&key=XXXXX
[1] 9887
[2] 9888
$ jobs
[1]- Exit 4 wget -O - -q -t 1 none.such/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=XXX
[2]+ Done pass=XXX
$
Here it uses the URL up to but not including the first '&', thus missing the pass and key parameters. Enclosing the URL in quotes should resolve this:
$ wget -O - -q -t 1 'none.such/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=XXX&pass=XXX&key=XXXXX'
$
You say this didn't work for you, could you provide details of what command you tried and what the result was?
This was a permissions issue with my webhost like davejenx suggested. Quick fix via support chat.
