Title: dynamic vs. static
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# dynamic vs. static

 *  [emsdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emsdc/)
 * (@emsdc)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/)
 * Hi,
    I’m an MT user who is considering WP. I think I have almost all my issues
   worked out, other than one or two that will be solved in 1.3. I’m wondering about
   CPU usage though. I keep reading references to CPU demands in some posts, but
   it’s not clear to me what the issue is. Is my host going to tell me I’m too much
   of a drag on the server? Are my pages going to slow down when there is a lot 
   of traffic? I’m not really clear on what’s really at stake. I wonder if anyone
   has written anything that provides an overview of this issue, preferably in language
   that isn’t too technical. Thanks!

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 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77136)
 * Bottom line: No. There are hundreds of people running all kinds of WP blogs, 
   and I don’t think anyof them have ever experienced a problem with the host complaining
   about server usage -well, except one, but that allegations were suspect.
    The
   devs have done a great job at optimizing things so that even where traffic goes
   up any drag is kept to a minimum. Usually when there is a lag, it’s an outside
   plugin – like getting data from Amazon, or BlogRolling, or an external source.
   Or some poorly written code in a plugin or hack (I’m guilty of this too!) TG
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77137)
 * WP rules. and i say that not because I use it all the time. But because I have
   installed it so many times without any real problems from the server or the host.
   
   And you dont have rebuilds either 😉
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77155)
 * I think this guy deserves a more considered answer. WP is fine and exerpts an
   infintesimally small load on a server even at high volumes. However on at least
   three occasions I can think of something has gone awry and caused an unexplained
   and an unacceptably high server load for a limited period. My take is that they
   were all caused by plugins but that is only an opinion. It might have been rogue
   javascript of some graphics wierdness. Nothing to worry about but you are entitled
   to the facts.
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77158)
 * ok. what i said was that i have around 12 blogs online with varying loads. and
   none of the web host ahs ever complained. 🙂 and i dont ahve tools to test out
   server loads from here 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [emsdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emsdc/)
 * (@emsdc)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77324)
 * Thanks Root. I wonder what those plugins were. In any case, I guess if CPU load
   were a major issue then WP wouldn’t be as popular as it is.
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-vs-static/#post-77343)
 * many plugins call data from external servers like from amazon, waypath and what
   not. and many a times those may lead to slow loading of the sites.

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