Title: High Server Load
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# High Server Load

 *  [hdsouza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hdsouza/)
 * (@hdsouza)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-server-load-3/)
 * Hi, I used to have my site on Hostgator along with 5 other sites but after the
   shared hosting going up and down every day over a couple months, I moved just
   one site, which i believe was the problem site over to Bluehost and it had the
   shared hosting all to itself. The site kept crashing there too.. although less
   frequently.
 * I cannot find a plugin that measures server load and the various constituents
   of the Server load. I did find that if I use the Broken Link Checker plugin, 
   I can see the load used by the system Under the advanced tab. I noticed that 
   the load on this problem site is anyway between 15 to 30. When I checked several
   of my other and some heavily used sites, the load is about 2 – 4
 * Yesterday I did a brand new install of WordPress on a different host. Did an 
   Export of SQL on BlueHost and Import to the New host. Then I copied only the 
   WPCONTENTS folder across. Finally I activated just one plugin “Broken Link Checker”..
   The load is still the same.. 18 – 33.
 * I have switched the theme to Twenty-16 and the load remains unchanged
 * I have used the plugin “WP Crontrol” to delete several cron jobs and “WP-DBManager”
   to drop several tables.
    All this has no effect on the load.. It is still Exorbitantly
   high
 * I really need to find out what is causing the high load. Right now I have just
   ONE plugin running..just to show me the load. I have bad feeling the problem 
   is SQL ?????
 * I am willing to try out anything at this stage
    Please help

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 *  [codejockey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codejockey/)
 * (@codejockey)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-server-load-3/#post-7389384)
 * Did you check with your hosting company? They may be able to tell you what is
   causing the spike.
 * Also, if you think it is the SQL DB, you can try to repair the db in the clean
   instance. See [ link ](https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-corrupted-wordpress-database-2/)
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [hdsouza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hdsouza/)
 * (@hdsouza)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-server-load-3/#post-7389555)
 * Hi Codejockey, The WP_ALLOW_REPAIR tip worked great on the new host. The load
   which was originally like 20-33 dropped to less than 5.
 * I moved the domain back to Bluehost but the WP_ALLOW_REPAIR did not seem to work
   the magic. I did drop several tables and delete several cron jobs on the new 
   host before I ran the repair, which could have assisted in fixing the problem.
   
   I guess I could play around on Bluehost, But I will just move the db from the
   newhost to bluehost.
 * This problem has been happening for several months now.. and YOU FIXED IT !!!.
   You DA MAN !!!!!!!
    Thanks
 *  [codejockey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codejockey/)
 * (@codejockey)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-server-load-3/#post-7389567)
 * Thanks for the appreciation, hdsouza! So happy it all worked out for you!

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-server-load-3/#post-7389567)
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