diff --git a/includes/cli/class-co-authors-plus.php b/includes/cli/class-co-authors-plus.php
index 89f882f639..06932ef81a 100644
--- a/includes/cli/class-co-authors-plus.php
+++ b/includes/cli/class-co-authors-plus.php
@@ -15,11 +15,67 @@
  * Co-Authors Plus CLI commands.
  */
 class Co_Authors_Plus {
+	const NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL = 'newspack_cap_author_term_backfill';
+
 	private static $live = false; // phpcs:ignore Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.Missing
 	private static $verbose = true; // phpcs:ignore Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.Missing
 	private static $user_logins = false; // phpcs:ignore Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.Missing
 	private static $guest_author_ids = false; // phpcs:ignore Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.Missing
 
+	/**
+	 * Add hooks.
+	 */
+	public static function init() {
+		add_action( self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL, [ __CLASS__, 'run_cap_cli_command' ] );
+		add_action( 'init', [ __CLASS__, 'register_deactivation_hook' ] );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute the co-authors-plus create-terms-for-posts CLI command.
+	 */
+	public static function run_cap_cli_command() {
+		if ( method_exists( 'WP_CLI', 'runcommand' ) ) {
+			$result = WP_CLI::runcommand(
+				'co-authors-plus create-author-terms-for-posts --records-per-batch=50',
+				[
+					'exit_error' => false, // This allows us to capture any errors that occur during script execution.
+					'launch'     => false, // This keeps any formatting that's been set.
+					'return'     => 'all', // This ensures we get stdout, stderr, and return code.
+				]
+			);
+
+			WP_CLI::out( $result->stdout );
+
+			do_action(
+				'newspack_log',
+				self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL,
+				! empty( $result->stderr ) ? $result->stderr : $result->stdout,
+				[
+					'type' => 0 !== $result->return_code || ! empty( $result->stderr ) ? 'error' : 'success',
+					'data' => [
+						'stdout'    => $result->stdout,
+						'timestamp' => gmdate( 'c', time() ),
+					],
+					'file' => 'newspack_cap_author_terms_backfill',
+				]
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unschedule any unexecuted jobs upon plugin deactivation.
+	 */
+	public static function register_deactivation_hook() {
+		register_deactivation_hook( NEWSPACK_PLUGIN_FILE, [ __CLASS__, 'unschedule_author_term_backfill' ] );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear the cron job when this plugin is deactivated.
+	 */
+	public static function unschedule_author_term_backfill() {
+		wp_clear_scheduled_hook( self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Migrate Co-Authors Plus guest authors to regular users.
 	 *
@@ -124,6 +180,38 @@ public function backfill_non_editing_contributor( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 		WP_CLI::line( '' );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This function handles setting up a cron job to backfill author terms for posts.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws WP_CLI\ExitException When the command fails.
+	 */
+	public function schedule_author_term_backfill() {
+		WP_CLI::line( '' );
+
+		if ( has_action( self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL ) ) {
+			remove_action(
+				self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL,
+				[ __CLASS__, 'run_cap_cli_command' ]
+			);
+		}
+
+		if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL ) ) {
+			$result = wp_schedule_event( time(), 'hourly', self::NEWSPACK_SCHEDULE_AUTHOR_TERM_BACKFILL );
+			if ( $result ) {
+				WP_CLI::success( 'Scheduled author term backfill.' );
+			} else {
+				WP_CLI::error( 'Could not schedule author term backfill.' );
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Unschedule and reschedule.
+			self::unschedule_author_term_backfill();
+			self::schedule_author_term_backfill();
+		}
+
+		WP_CLI::line( '' );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Migrate unlinked guest authors to regular users.
 	 *
@@ -489,3 +577,4 @@ private static function assign_user_avatar( $guest_author, $user_id ) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+Co_Authors_Plus::init();
diff --git a/includes/cli/class-initializer.php b/includes/cli/class-initializer.php
index b10164c9bc..67d67a78fd 100644
--- a/includes/cli/class-initializer.php
+++ b/includes/cli/class-initializer.php
@@ -133,5 +133,12 @@ public static function register_comands() {
 
 		WP_CLI::add_command( 'newspack migrate-co-authors-guest-authors', [ 'Newspack\CLI\Co_Authors_Plus', 'migrate_guest_authors' ] );
 		WP_CLI::add_command( 'newspack backfill-non-editing-contributors', [ 'Newspack\CLI\Co_Authors_Plus', 'backfill_non_editing_contributor' ] );
+		WP_CLI::add_command(
+			'newspack schedule-co-authors-author-term-backfill',
+			[
+				'Newspack\CLI\Co_Authors_Plus',
+				'schedule_author_term_backfill',
+			]
+		);
 	}
 }