Title: Resource problems on a shared server
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Resource problems on a shared server

 *  Resolved [Sriom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sriom/)
 * (@sriom)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/)
 * Due to ‘high loading issues’ on the server, my host (Hostgator) has had to intervene
   twice this month. In both cases they reported the problem script to be /wp-content/
   plugins/wordfence/wfscan.php
 * The first time they took my entire multisite installation offline but the second
   time they just disabled wfscan.php.
 * I don’t want to stop using Wordfence but I may have to if this continues. Is 
   there anything I can do to lighten the load on the server?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [The Hack Repair Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tvcnet/)
 * (@tvcnet)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/#post-3138126)
 * I’ve seen similar issues with my other clients sites. Sadly this is more of a
   hosting company issue and less a scripting issue.
 * Bottom line here is that your host is allocating your accounts too little memory.
   Only real solution is moving to another host or upgrading your account at host
   to allow for more memory.
 * You can likewise try my suggestions here:
    [http://goo.gl/BLqDB](http://goo.gl/BLqDB)
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * (@mmaunder)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/#post-3138198)
 * Hi Sriom,
 * Sorry to hear about this. If you have any technical details, please email them
   to [mark@wordfence.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/mark@wordfence.com?output_format=md)
   or post them on our forums on [http://www.wordfence.com](http://www.wordfence.com).
 * Thanks,
 * Mark.
 *  Thread Starter [Sriom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sriom/)
 * (@sriom)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/#post-3138206)
 * Thanks for the replies.
 * I notice that the latest version gets rid of wfscan.php. Will the latest version
   help with my resource problems at all?
 *  [alessioborrello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alessioborrello/)
 * (@alessioborrello)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resource-problems-on-a-shared-server/#post-3138214)
 * I consider very significant just the fact that the plugin generates 19 (!!!) 
   additional database tables.

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