Title: Old plugin version spawning too many requests?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Old plugin version spawning too many requests?

 *  Resolved [Ken Gagne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgagne/)
 * (@kgagne)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-plugin-version-spawning-too-many-requests/)
 * My sites experienced significant downtime this past week. My hosting company’s
   support indicated that “there were various domains spawning too many CGI processes.
   This is indicative of having too many plugins, heavy traffic, or utilizing a 
   plugin that is not optimized well or using one that requires greater resources.”
   Here’s an example from the error log:
 *     ```
       [Tue Jan 26 04:28:12 2016] [error] mod_fcgid: too
       many /dh/cgi-system/php56.cgi processes (current:20, max:20), skip the
       spawn request
       ```
   
 * I’ve since upgraded from TEC 2.0.11 to 4.0.5, and my sites have since remained
   up (for now, at least). Correlation is not causation, but I’m wondering if the
   older version of TEC might’ve played a role in what ailed me?
 * -Ken
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/)

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 *  [GeoffBel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffbel/)
 * (@geoffbel)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-plugin-version-spawning-too-many-requests/#post-7062235)
 * Good afternoon Ken,
 * It’s pretty difficult to answer this question to be honest with you.
    There are
   so many potential variables at play here.
 * What I will say however, is that there is a good reason why we no longer offer
   support for version 2.0.11 . We simply cannot guarantee how that version will
   interact with newer versions of WordPress and other plugins.
 * Our recommendation would be to update the Events Calendar plugin to match the
   version of WordPress you are using at all times.
 * That being said, we are happy to know your site is now working much more to your
   liking.
 * Have a great day!
 * Geoff B.
 *  Thread Starter [Ken Gagne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgagne/)
 * (@kgagne)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-plugin-version-spawning-too-many-requests/#post-7062238)
 * Thanks, Geoff!
 * It was definitely my bad that I let TEC 2.0.11 remain installed for as long as
   I did. I thought upgrading would be more difficult than it was, which is why 
   I put it off for so long.
 * Alas, it seems other issues may have been at play, as my hosting service continues
   to remain unreliable. And here I was really hoping it was my old TEC at fault!:
   p
 * -Ken

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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ken Gagne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgagne/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-plugin-version-spawning-too-many-requests/#post-7062238)
 * Status: resolved