Title: Limiting admin-ajax.php script
Last modified: June 30, 2020

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# Limiting admin-ajax.php script

 *  Resolved [netmined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netmined/)
 * (@netmined)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-admin-ajax-php-script/)
 * Hello,
 * We have recently installed the free version of the plugin on our site to test
   it out and a couple of days ago we received a warning from our host provider,
   Siteground about excess CPU usage. We are on a very generous plan and have never
   reached the limit before.
 * Among various proposed fixes, Siteground drilled in to the executions which were
   occurring on the account and it seems that a lot were from the admin-ajax.php
   script in this plugin. It seems to be getting executed with the action “sbi_load_more_clicked”.
 * We have had the plugin set to check for updates only once per day and we don’t
   have the “Load more” option enabled so not sure why it’s running so many executions.
 * Is there any way to be able to limit the admin-ajax.php from running so often?
 * Many thanks in advance for your reply.

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 *  [Smash Balloon Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoonmike/)
 * (@smashballoonmike)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-admin-ajax-php-script/#post-13056303)
 * Hey [@netmined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netmined/),
 * Thank you for reaching out to us. We have not had anyone else report this type
   of issue. As we will need access to your system info, can you open a support 
   ticket on our site [here](https://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/support/) so
   we can better assist you with this?
 * Many thanks, hope you are having a great night!
 *  Thread Starter [netmined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netmined/)
 * (@netmined)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-admin-ajax-php-script/#post-13074738)
 * Hi Mike,
 * Thank you for your reply, much appreciate it.
 * Just to clarify the situation, there were also a couple of other issues outside
   of Smash Balloon which were identified and which we fixed. This one was the only
   one left which was still getting raised by Siteground as an issue in terms of
   the load.
 * In any case, we would appreciate you taking a look to see if there’s anything
   we can do to fix this so we’ve submitted the ticket on the plugin forum page 
   as you’ve requested.
 * Thank you again and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
 *  [Smash Balloon Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoonmike/)
 * (@smashballoonmike)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-admin-ajax-php-script/#post-13080513)
 * Hey [@netmined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netmined/),
 * Thank you for the additional information. We have responded to your support ticket
   and will continue all further communication through that ticket.
 * Many thanks, hope you are having a great night!

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