diff --git a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
index e468b83..0fadaa1 100755
--- a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
+++ b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
@@ -528,8 +528,9 @@ cron_job_exists() {
 disable_wp_cron_exists() {
     local wp_config="$1"
 
+    # OPTIMIZATION: Single grep instead of double-pipe
     # Look for uncommented define() call with DISABLE_WP_CRON and true
-    grep -E "^\s*define\s*\(\s*['\"]$WP_CRON_DISABLED_VAR['\"]" "$wp_config" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true" && return 0 || return 1
+    grep -E "^\s*define\s*\(\s*['\"]$WP_CRON_DISABLED_VAR['\"].*true" "$wp_config" >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
 # OPTIMIZATION: Cleaner alias for disable_wp_cron_exists (more intuitive name)