Title: WordPress server load on post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress server load on post

 *  [callmeforsox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunscream/)
 * (@sunscream)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/)
 * I have 3,129 posts and 4,624 comments with a lot of attachment pages on my wordpress
   site. I have installed wp-supercache, don’t have many plugins with about 16 queries
   per page load. I’ve tried optimizing my dedicated server as best I can, but WordPress
   is still taking it down. I’ve noticed that sometimes when I publish or edit a
   post, the load skyrockets and won’t go down until I restart httpd.
 * The thing is the load has been shooting up in the morning when I post, but at
   night everything is fine even if my site is receiving 4 times as many hits.
 * Can anyone think of what might be wrong? I’m almost to the point of getting a
   separate mysql dedi, but I don’t believe I need that kind of setup yet.

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 *  [anela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anela/)
 * (@anela)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/#post-663543)
 * sunscream, did you ever find a solution? I am having the same issues.
 *  [ozpoker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozpoker/)
 * (@ozpoker)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/#post-663544)
 * Same issues here
 *  [ozpoker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozpoker/)
 * (@ozpoker)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/#post-663545)
 * Just to add my discoveries so far
 * Simple Tags was causing most of the server load by making too many calls to the
   db
 * I disabled it and the site is easily 1000% quicker
 *  [anela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anela/)
 * (@anela)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/#post-663546)
 * Hmmmm… ok. I don’t use that, I’ve removed all other plugins that I believed to
   cause a strain. Still in the same boat here. 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [anela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anela/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-server-load-on-post/#post-663546)
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