Title: Database query limit exceeded! Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Database query limit exceeded! * [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/) * My hourly database query limit is being exceeded right after I created a new user for my database, which is kinda not normal! Is there a way to limit a single IP so it won’t be able to use that much queries. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263251) * What is your query limit set to? * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263253) * 75,000 per hour. (the limit is set to the database’s user, not the database) I tried changing the database user but the limits gets exceeded right away! ( this started to happen the last 1-2days) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263255) * Turn off all your plugins. If this JUST started happening, what changed? * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263258) * Nothing. I’ve allways used these plugins. I don’t think that the plugins could use that much of a queries. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263267) * > I don’t think that the plugins could use that much of a queries. * Think about that for a second. * ALL of your site data is stored on the Database, with the exception of what’s in your wp-config.php file. Every time a page loads it makes queries. Plugins add to that. * What are your permalinks set to? * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263272) * I don’t have a long list of plugins anyways. maybe 20 max. and half o them are dynamic, half of them only run when I run them (or once a day, like backups and stuff) * permalinks: Default [http://www.sitename.com/?p=123](http://www.sitename.com/?p=123) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263273) * Turn them off anyway. * Normally when things ‘just’ start happening, it’s from a change (I know, duh), but when YOU don’t change anything you have to ask your host if anything changed. * Check your error logs and your site traffic. Is anything abnormal? * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263278) * I firstly contacted them. thats where I got the infos that the limis is being exceeded, can I pm you with the logs? or maybe post them here and you can check? I guess theres nothing harmful to share in the logs lol :d * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263282) * Post them on pastebin.com (or as a .txt on your server, since that won’t use the DB). But. Did they offer any help besides telling you that you were running out? * 75,000 per hour is fairly standard IIRC * Read [http://www.sprabhu.com/wordpress/232/](http://www.sprabhu.com/wordpress/232/) for some info, but I would mostly look to see if ONE IP keeps hitting my site, and block ’em with .htaccess * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263300) * Here are the logs. [http://www.speedyshare.com/files/30034100/Desktop.rar](http://www.speedyshare.com/files/30034100/Desktop.rar) * Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/) * (@backy) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263365) * Can I use a separate database for my plugins !? or fix this somehow ? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263433) * Sorry, I don’t do email support (except for paying clients). And I removed your email from sight so you don’t get more spam email. * Splitting WP across two DBs is possible, but I suspect would cause more problems since you have to use a plugin to do it, and I’m PRETTY sure it’s only meant for posts and not the site options. * Anyway. What YOU need to do is go over those files (I’m not doing it, I have a job to keep me busy 😉 ) and look at the IPs. If they’re yours, you can remove’ em from the list for now. If they’re NOT yours, just make a judgement call on how many calls from one IP there are. Look up that IP. Does that seem legit? Move on. * The other thing to keep in mind is that since this happens when you POST, and not at other times (that you’ve said) it’s VERY likely that a plugin or setting change is doing this. Be logical. Do you have a sitemap plugin? Turn it off. A ping or RSS plugin? Turn that off too. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Database query limit exceeded!’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-query-limit-exceeded/#post-2263433) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics