Title: Server load
Last modified: October 26, 2018

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# Server load

 *  Resolved [DarkDjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)
 * (@darkdjadai)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/)
 * Hello! Is it possible to reduce the load on the server when running the plug-
   in wordfense, on some sites it creates too much load, which leads to a long load
   on the site.
    Thank you in advance!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fserver-load-14%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10835636)
 * Hi [@darkdjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)!
    Sorry to 
   hear you’re having problems with Wordfence. This isn’t something we’re seeing
   on other sites in general so I’m not quite sure what may be going wrong.
 * When you say “server load” there could be several different reasons for why a
   site performs poorly. For example, it could be running out of PHP memory, it 
   may be slow writing to the file system, or there might be a poor connection to
   the database.
 * Have you tried running some speed tests with Wordfence activated and with Wordfence
   deactivated? Or how have you determined that Wordfence is the cause here? Any
   additional information you can provide would be super helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [DarkDjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)
 * (@darkdjadai)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10836964)
 * Yes, I turned off and the speed has increased significantly. Now solved the problem
   a bit using the option in the option – Use low resource scanning (reduces server
   load by lengthening the scan duration). If you have any other advice, I will 
   gladly accept it.
 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10837074)
 * Hi [@darkdjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/),
    So this is
   only happening while Wordfence is scanning then I presume? If you disable “Schedule
   Wordfence Scans” and refrain from running manual scans does the problem persist?
 *  Thread Starter [DarkDjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)
 * (@darkdjadai)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10837891)
 * I ask you what solutions there are in reducing our prices, and you ask questions
   to my question)))
 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10838178)
 * Hi again,
    I’m afraid I can’t tell you how to fix something before I know why/
   how it’s happening. Having significantly increased load after installing Wordfence
   is not normal, so something is going wrong on your server.
 *  [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * (@wfdave)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10903271)
 * Hi [@darkdjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/),
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’ve gone ahead and marked this
   thread as resolved.
 * Please feel free to open another thread if you’re still having issues with Wordfence.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [DarkDjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)
 * (@darkdjadai)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10904626)
 * Everything is fine, I optimized the work by connecting the Redis caching plugin,
   thanks for the support, now many plugins have stopped responding to the plugins
   support. Thank you for your time and work!

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 * Last reply from: [DarkDjadai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkdjadai/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-load-14/#post-10904626)
 * Status: resolved