Title: Rampant server problems
Last modified: June 18, 2018

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# Rampant server problems

 *  [thomasakirk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasakirk/)
 * (@thomasakirk)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rampant-server-problems/)
 * Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this plugin, though it has nice features. I 
   have had major issues with this plugin causing CPU spikes, leading to database
   outages, and bringing my entire server cluster to a halt. I can fix it by killing
   rogue php-fpm processes, sometimes restarting apache, but the problems always
   come back. My server CPUs now run nice and cool at around 1% load, where they
   never ran below 50% with this plugin active. Having it on post sidebar killed
   my site completely, having it on homepage sidebar only still caused heavy CPU
   load. I am sure it’s a conflict with something else as my theme is custom, but
   who has time to chase these kinds of ghosts? Sorry – moving on.

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rampant-server-problems/#post-10412433)
 * Hi [@thomasakirk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasakirk/),
 * > I am sure it’s a conflict with something else as my theme is custom, but who
   > has time to chase these kinds of ghosts?
 * I’m usually around so you can always ask for help.
 * Regarding your issue, you do know that WPP has some [built-in features to help performance](https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/wiki/7.-Performance),
   right?

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