diff --git a/sbin/wp-cron.sh b/sbin/wp-cron.sh
index 88fd174..202ae27 100755
--- a/sbin/wp-cron.sh
+++ b/sbin/wp-cron.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ if [ "$USER" != "root" ]; then
   exec sudo $0
 fi
 
+# create empty virtualhostExclusionArray array (any domains added to this array will be skipped)
 declare -a virtualhostExclusionArray
-# optionally add virtualhosts to virtualhostExclusionArray to have them skipped
 
-# create virtualhostArray
+# create virtualhostArray listing all virtualhost on the server
 cd /srv/www
 virtualhostArray=(`ls -1|grep -v ^html$`)
 
+# check for local config, which can be used to override either of the above arrays
+if [[ -f /usr/local/etc/wp-cron.conf ]]; then
+  source /usr/local/etc/wp-cron.conf
+  # conf file could contain either one or both arrays, configured like this:
+  #virtualhostArray=("example.com" "example.net")
+  #virtualhostExclusionArray=("example.org")
+fi
+
 for VHOST in "${virtualhostArray[@]}"
 do
   # check if VHOST has been added to exclustion array