Title: 100% CPU after Empty Cache
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# 100% CPU after Empty Cache

 *  [Neziah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neziah/)
 * (@neziah)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/100-cpu-after-empty-cache/)
 * Hi
 * I’m experiencing extremely high CPU usage of 100% for 1-3 days after clearing/
   empty Cache. This is having a very negative effect on overall performance.
 * How can this be improved?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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## Tags

 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache/)
 * [cpu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cpu/)
 * [empty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/empty/)

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 * Last reply from: [Neziah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neziah/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/100-cpu-after-empty-cache/)
 * Status: not resolved