diff --git a/lib/API/JSON/v1/SendingQueue.php b/lib/API/JSON/v1/SendingQueue.php
index 300688fc69..1eb46d0e56 100644
--- a/lib/API/JSON/v1/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/API/JSON/v1/SendingQueue.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace MailPoet\API\JSON\v1;
 use MailPoet\API\JSON\Endpoint as APIEndpoint;
 use MailPoet\API\JSON\Error as APIError;
 use MailPoet\Config\AccessControl;
+use MailPoet\Cron\Triggers\WordPress;
 use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue as SendingQueueModel;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Scheduler\Scheduler;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class SendingQueue extends APIEndpoint {
       $queue->newsletter_id = $newsletter->id;
     }
 
+    WordPress::resetRunInterval();
+
     if ((bool)$newsletter->isScheduled) {
       // set newsletter status
       $newsletter->setStatus(Newsletter::STATUS_SCHEDULED);
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php b/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
index 53e0b77820..4ae80c79b0 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Triggers/WordPress.php
@@ -27,14 +27,38 @@ if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 class WordPress {
   const SCHEDULED_IN_THE_PAST = 'past';
   const SCHEDULED_IN_THE_FUTURE = 'future';
+
+  const RUN_INTERVAL = 10; // seconds
+  const LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING = 'cron_trigger_wordpress.last_run_at';
+
   static private $tasks_counts;
 
   static function run() {
+    if (!self::checkRunInterval()) {
+      return false;
+    }
     return (self::checkExecutionRequirements()) ?
       MailPoet::run() :
       self::stop();
   }
 
+  private static function checkRunInterval() {
+    $settings = new SettingsController();
+    $last_run_at = (int)$settings->get(self::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, 0);
+    $run_interval = WPFunctions::get()->applyFilters('mailpoet_cron_trigger_wordpress_run_interval', self::RUN_INTERVAL);
+    $run_interval_elapsed = (time() - $last_run_at) >= $run_interval;
+    if ($run_interval_elapsed) {
+      $settings->set(self::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, time());
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  static function resetRunInterval() {
+    $settings = new SettingsController();
+    $settings->set(self::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, 0);
+  }
+
   static function checkExecutionRequirements(WPFunctions $wp = null) {
     self::loadTasksCounts($wp ?: new WPFunctions);
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/WordPressTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/WordPressTest.php
index 54d86fa7b3..bada9b17a5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/WordPressTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/Triggers/WordPressTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,31 @@ class WordPressTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     $this->_addScheduledTask(Beamer::TASK_TYPE, ScheduledTask::STATUS_SCHEDULED, Carbon::createFromTimestamp(current_time('timestamp') + 600));
   }
 
+  function testItDoesNotRunIfRunIntervalIsNotElapsed() {
+    $current_time = time();
+    $this->settings->set(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, $current_time);
+    $this->_addQueue($status = SendingQueue::STATUS_SCHEDULED);
+    expect(WordPress::run())->equals(false);
+    expect($this->settings->get(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING))->equals($current_time);
+  }
+
+  function testItRunsIfRunIntervalIsElapsed() {
+    $time_in_the_past = (time() - WordPress::RUN_INTERVAL) - 1;
+    $this->settings->set(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, $time_in_the_past);
+    $this->_addQueue($status = SendingQueue::STATUS_SCHEDULED);
+    expect(WordPress::run())->notEmpty();
+    expect($this->settings->get(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING))->greaterThan($time_in_the_past);
+  }
+
+  function testItCanResetRunInterval() {
+    $current_time = time();
+    $this->settings->set(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING, $current_time);
+    $this->_addQueue($status = SendingQueue::STATUS_SCHEDULED);
+    WordPress::resetRunInterval();
+    expect($this->settings->get(WordPress::LAST_RUN_AT_SETTING))->isEmpty();
+    expect(WordPress::run())->notEmpty();
+  }
+
   function testItRequiresScheduledQueuesToExecute() {
     expect(WordPress::checkExecutionRequirements())->false();
     $this->_addQueue($status = SendingQueue::STATUS_SCHEDULED);