Title: admin-ajax.php
Last modified: November 20, 2016

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# admin-ajax.php

 *  Resolved [dalemiles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemiles/)
 * (@dalemiles)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-ajax-php-2/)
 * How often are the calls to the admin-ajax.php?
 * I’m assuming this is what’s used to consistently check for updates in the background
   to notify users when the have a new message?
 * I’m trying to work out what is causing an insanely high number of account executions
   on my site. It’s not a particularly busy site 200-300 visitors a day but 80% 
   are returning, logged in users and im trying to nail down what is causing the
   huge spike in calls to my admin-ajax.

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 *  Plugin Author [Shamim Hasan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shamim51/)
 * (@shamim51)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-ajax-php-2/#post-8459198)
 * If you uncheck “Hide site wide notification in header?” then there will be no
   automatic call.
 * By default call interval in 60 sec. You can use fep_filter_ajax_notification_interval
   filter hook to change this interval
 *  Thread Starter [dalemiles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemiles/)
 * (@dalemiles)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-ajax-php-2/#post-8495239)
 * Great! Thanks, I thought it was this causing all the account executions, I couldn’t
   think what else it could be.
 * I’m going to trial automatic checking to once ever 10 minutes.
    I want the site
   wide notification header as it’s good when they arrive on the site and see the
   header if they have a new message.
 * Changing the code to:
 * `'interval' => apply_filters( 'fep_filter_ajax_notification_interval', 6000000)`
 * Should make it 10 minutes.

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 * Last reply from: [dalemiles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemiles/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-ajax-php-2/#post-8495239)
 * Status: resolved