Title: Pause preload
Last modified: November 12, 2022

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# Pause preload

 *  Resolved [Pandasonic2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandasonic2/)
 * (@pandasonic2)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pause-preload/)
 * Is it possible pause preloading?
    The plugin generated about 15.000 files and
   is slowing down my website. Often the server goes down. Can I pause the preloading
   and make it run in night hours?

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 *  Thread Starter [Pandasonic2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandasonic2/)
 * (@pandasonic2)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pause-preload/#post-16191290)
 * I think that changing this parameter in class-who-load-url-task.php the preloading
   should be slower
 * `usleep(apply_filters('wpoptimize_preload_delay', 500000));`
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by [Pandasonic2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandasonic2/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Venkat Raj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webulous/)
 * (@webulous)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pause-preload/#post-16194909)
 * Hi [@pandasonic2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandasonic2/)
 * No. It is not possible to `pause` preload
 * At this moment, only way to make a preload run at night hours is to schedule 
   it at night hours. I mean, If you choose to run scheduled preload `once everyday`
   then you have to schedule that in night hours, so it will be repeated in night
   hours every day
 * Preload doesn’t run continuously, it runs in chunks every 10 minutes. To change
   that interval you can use this filter `wpo_page_cache_preload_continue_interval`

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 * Last reply from: [Venkat Raj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webulous/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pause-preload/#post-16194909)
 * Status: resolved