Title: Performance issues – High CPU load
Last modified: March 14, 2024

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# Performance issues – High CPU load

 *  Resolved [Miroslav Zadravec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zadro7/)
 * (@zadro7)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-high-cpu-load/)
 * Hi,
 * a week ago on Mar 7th, we activated WP Statistics on a high volume website (nacional.
   hr) which is visited by 1.1M users per month and we started experiencing very
   high CPU loads since the activation – see below:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.ibb.co/j8ss69Q/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-16-23-54.jpg?
   ssl=1)
 * The website is hosted on Digital Ocean and before the plugin was activated, the
   CPU load was in range 15-45%. After the activation, it was reaching all the way
   to 100%.
 * We deactivated the plugin today and immediately experienced a drop in CPU load
   to range of values that we had before Mar 7th.
 * What approach would you advise in order to try and solve this issue?
 * Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fperformance-issues-high-cpu-load%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Mostafa Soufi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mostafas1990/)
 * (@mostafas1990)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-high-cpu-load/#post-17505585)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you for bringing up this topic.
 * I’m interested in exploring ways to optimize database size for improved performance,
   especially considering its impact on managing large traffic loads. Here’s a resource
   I found helpful
 * [https://wp-statistics.com/resources/optimizing-database-size-for-improved-performance/](https://wp-statistics.com/resources/optimizing-database-size-for-improved-performance/)
 * Best.
 *  Plugin Author [Mostafa Soufi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mostafas1990/)
 * (@mostafas1990)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-high-cpu-load/#post-17680968)
 * Hello,
 * Just wanted to let you know that we did many performance fixes in version 14.6.0,
   then you can update to the latest version.
 * Best

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 * Last reply from: [Mostafa Soufi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mostafas1990/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-high-cpu-load/#post-17680968)
 * Status: resolved