Title: wp-cron.php high CPU usage
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# wp-cron.php high CPU usage

 *  Resolved [memeza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/memeza/)
 * (@memeza)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-high-cpu-usage/)
 * Ever since WordPress 3.5 my hosting provider, Media Temple has been flagging 
   my sites as using extensive CPUs (GPU in MediaTemple’s jargon). The primary hits
   appear to be /feed/ and wp-cron.php
 * Can anyone confirm if these features were updated in 3.5 that would cause this
   spike?

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 *  Thread Starter [memeza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/memeza/)
 * (@memeza)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-high-cpu-usage/#post-3413719)
 * I posted in the wrong forum. See [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-35-high-cpu-usage](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-35-high-cpu-usage)

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## Tags

 * [cpu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cpu/)
 * [wp-cron.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-cron-php/)

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 * Last reply from: [memeza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/memeza/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-high-cpu-usage/#post-3413719)
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