Title: Slows site down
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Slows site down

 *  Resolved [kaotik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaotik/)
 * (@kaotik)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-site-down-1/)
 * For some reason, this plugin is drawing a lot of memory on my WP install. Upon
   install, I got a fatal error memory notice, So I’ve bumped up memory limits but
   it still lags on the site.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/expresscurate/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expresscurate/)

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 *  Plugin Author [ExpressCurate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expresscurate/)
 * (@expresscurate)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-site-down-1/#post-6081179)
 * Thanks for your feedback.
 * It’s quite strange as ExpressCurate doesn’t do (literally) anything during the
   plugin installation and activation. The package itself is not big and the activation
   process does nothing.
 * ExpressCurate may take some additional memory when RSS Feeds are set up and ExpressCurate
   fetches for fresh content regularly, but that’s an expected behavior.
 * Would it be possible to have direct access to your system so that we could have
   a closer look at the issue?
 * Please, contact us directly at support at expresscurate dot com. We are committed
   to making sure you have positive experience with ExpressCurate tools.
 *  Plugin Author [ExpressCurate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expresscurate/)
 * (@expresscurate)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-site-down-1/#post-6081194)
 * No feedback so far, closing this issue.
 * Should you have any problem that draws close to this one we would like to work
   with you to solve the issue: please, provide access to your system so that we
   can analyze the case and improve the product.
 * General memory & cpu optimization hints:
 * 1. don’t pull the feed every hour, but twice a day (ExpressCurate > Settings 
   > Feed > Content Pull Frequency)
    2. use only the most relevant feeds and keep
   the list to minimum
 * These settings are useful when a hosting service is used with limited resources.
   In case the network bandwidth, RAM and CPU are limited, having frequent content
   pulls with a big bunch of RSS feed subscriptions will slow down your site. These
   tips will help you minimize the operations and yet utilize and benefit from ExpressCurate
   100%.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-site-down-1/#post-6081194)
 * Status: resolved