Title: Excessive CPU Usage Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Excessive CPU Usage * [DSchuler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dschuler/) * (@dschuler) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/) * Since upgrading from version 2.6 to 2.8.4 (and now 2.8.5) my web host has been complaining that my blog is using too much CPU. My blog is a small, non-commercial blog and I only get about 700 legitimate hits per day, i.e. legitimate as measured by Sitemeter. * Here’s the most recent message I got from my web host: * ======================================================= 10-25-2009 domain: theglitteringeye. com CPU usage: 2.98 MEM usage: 0.02 MySQL usage: 0.1 Top Process %CPU 89.0 /usr/ bin/php /home/xxxxxx/public_html/index.php Top Process %CPU 76.0 /usr/bin/php/ home/xxxxxx/public_html/index.php Top Process %CPU 68.0 [php] * 10-26-2009 domain: theglitteringeye.com CPU usage: 2.03 MEM usage: 0.05 MySQL usage: 0.1 Top Process %CPU 70.0 /usr/bin/php /home/xxxxxx/public_html/index. php Top Process %CPU 59.0 /usr/bin/php /home/xxxxxx/public_html/index.php Top Process %CPU 49.0 /usr/bin/php /home/xxxxxx/public_html/index.php * The following tests have been performed: I visit your website and checked several posts, where the php processes that where running under your account where using a small amount of CPU usage (3-4%). However when changing the category, the CPU usage went to 30-45% on each change: * PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 32537 xxxxxx 23 0 29392 19m 4424 S 33.6 0.3 0:00.71 php * ====================================================================== * When I received that message I was only running two plug-ins: AKismet and WP- Super Cache. Since receiving it, despite my misgivings, I have deactivated both of them. * Anybody have any ideas on how I can trouble-shoot this problem? Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [stalliondan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stalliondan/) * (@stalliondan) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/#post-1257345) * DSchuler, * Have you had any luck with this? I am running a WordPress site with about 500- 1000 unique visitors/day yet my CPU usage on a VPS is said to be 26% which is insane. I have seen the CPU usage go through from 6% (which they still consider high) to the 26% when I started using WP-Supercache which I thought was supposed to help the CPU usage. Any help would be greatly appreciated. URL = [http://www.tennisconnected.com](http://www.tennisconnected.com) * [verndewd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verndewd/) * (@verndewd) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/#post-1257378) * same issues with our blog since the latest upgrade * [verndewd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verndewd/) * (@verndewd) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/#post-1257379) * [http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/forum/support/5827-word-press-users-critical-info.html](http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/forum/support/5827-word-press-users-critical-info.html) * [Tesur Rajan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tesurrajan/) * (@tesurrajan) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/#post-1257398) * i am facing the same issue since i upgraded to wordpress 3.0 * I you have found any solution please tell me . * My site is SpotThisNow.com Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Excessive CPU Usage’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [cpu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cpu/) * [performance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/performance/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Tesur Rajan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tesurrajan/) * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-cpu-usage/#post-1257398) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics