Title: Busy Server
Author: gibbon.cz
Published: <strong>July 17, 2014</strong>
Last modified: July 17, 2014

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Busy Server

 By [gibbon.cz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gibboncz/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/busy-server.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/busy-server/)

## Description

Even though servers do have their “protection” against overload throwing a 503 error,
at the time when this happen, server can be really overloaded already. This plugin
checks the actual CPU load and if higher than specified (by default 2 per every 
core), displays an error message.

Very simple checking is used and by no means is this a replacement to proper load
balancing. Can be useful though, especially when your server system is undergoing
a tuning or heavy maintenance, is under weak attack, etc. and you don’t want to 
disable the site completely.

Currently only Linux servers are supported ( = tested), other UNIX systems should
work as well.

Roadmap:

 * Cache detection (if page is cached, serve it regardless the load)
 * Support for Win servers
 * Test server compatibility
 * Storing settings outside of database for speed improvement

Found a bug or have a feature request ? Please report here at the [plugin page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/).

## Installation

 1. Go to ‘Plugins’ -> ‘Add New’ in the admin area of your site.
 2. Search for ‘Busy Server’.
 3. Click ‘Install’.

OR Manually:

 1. Upload `server-busy.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Busy Server” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ gibbon.cz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gibboncz/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/busy-server/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/busy-server/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/busy-server/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/busy-server/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1

Initial release

#### 0.2

Custom error message and maximum load settings

#### 0.2.1

Fixed default values

#### 0.2.2

Added proper 503 HTTP headers

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.2**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 * Tags
 * [load](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/load/)[overload](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/overload/)
   [protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/protection/)[server](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/server/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ gibbon.cz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gibboncz/)

## Support

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