Title: Server stats plugin uses 50% CPU
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Server stats plugin uses 50% CPU

 *  Resolved [Paul van Rossem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-van-rossem/)
 * (@paul-van-rossem)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/)
 * As soon as I start the server-stats plugin my CPU usage goes up by about 50% (
   checked with top). Is there a setting I can use to reduce the number of iterations
   per second? Looks like it is looping almost continuously by default.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-server-stats/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-server-stats/)

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 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7315883)
 * Hi, the plugin run a simple shell command which can’t increase your CPU by 50%.
   It is barely impossible, I’ve tried this plugin in many different hosting platform.
   
   If running than simple shell command is increasing your CPU by 50% you should
   definitely consider changing your host or taking a deep look into your server
   hardware and configuration. There is no way to reduce that time. As I said it
   is not needed. The command it runs, it doesn’t affect the server resource by 
   any means.
 *  Thread Starter [Paul van Rossem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-van-rossem/)
 * (@paul-van-rossem)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7315893)
 * OK, thanks for your response, iSaumya. It really is what I see when looking with
   top. But the root cause could be elsewhere. Could it be something in the httpd
   configuration? I’ll have a look there.
 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7315908)
 * Start with try disabling all plugins and then enable one by one. If it still 
   doesn’t fix then you have dig into your server hardware status and in-depth server
   config.
 *  [lflier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lflier/)
 * (@lflier)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7316137)
 * I’m having the same problem here, with a MAMP 3.5 development site on El Capitan.
 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7316138)
 * When you are testing it on your computer test environment it shows your computer
   CPU usgae, not server CPU usage. Try installing it in an actual server and check
   out the result.
 *  [Jose Luis Cruz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joseluiscruz/)
 * (@joseluiscruz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7316146)
 * The same happens here with a Linux Centos 6.6 server with cpanel.
 * I had to disable the plugin because when it is active, a php process in the server
   takes 50% of one cpu core non-stop. I don’t even have to open the dashboard. 
   And the only way to stop it is disabling the plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-7316147)
 * Hi,
    That is extremely wired. If you open the plugin code you will see there 
   is only one single line shell script that runs after a few miliseconds.
 * A single line shell script. Rest of the calls mostly stored in WP cache so that
   the server do not need to run them again and again. So, if your server cannot
   handle one single line shell script, I think you should definitely consider checking
   your server config or hardware quality of the may be the server is overloaded.
 * Anyways, feel free to run each of those shell scripts manually in your server
   and check what is causing those unusual server load.
 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-stats-plugin-uses-50-cpu/#post-8266313)
 * Hi guys,
    I’ve just release v1.3.1 of this plugin which comes with Admin Settings
   Menu from where you can easily edit the real time script refresh interval time
   in case your server cannot handle superfast concurrent request.
 * I hope this latest version will help you to fix the high CPU usage issue you 
   are facing earlier.
 * To visit the settings of WP Server Stats in v1.3.1, first update the plugin; 
   then go to Settings > WP Server Stats.
 * Hope this helps. 🙂

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