Title: wp-cron.php problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp-cron.php problem

 *  [rabideau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabideau/)
 * (@rabideau)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-problem/)
 * Last night my ISP shutdown my site because of wp-cron.php. The message they sent
   me was:
 * Your account is running several repeated processes that are negatively affecting
   service for other customers:
 * USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
    many4912 1745 1.8 1.2
   211828 104136 ? S 01:56 1:08 /usr/bin/php /home/many4912/public_html/wp-cron.
   php many4912 4878 4.6 1.0 196944 89100 ? D 02:40 0:47 /usr/bin/php /home/many4912/
   public_html/wp-cron.php many4912 9439 2.0 1.1 203120 95768 ? S 02:07 1:00 /usr/
   bin/php /home/many4912/public_html/wp-cron.php many4912 15345 4.7 1.0 189232 
   82280 ? R 02:54 0:08 /usr/bin/php /home/many4912/public_html/wp-cron.php many4912
   20887 2.3 1.1 203372 95996 ? S 02:16 0:58 /usr/bin/php /home/many4912/public_html/
   wp-cron.php many4912 27336 1.6 1.2 211540 104116 ? S 01:46 1:11 /usr/bin/php /
   home/many4912/public_html/wp-cron.php many4912 29287 3.3 1.1 203600 96044 ? S
   02:28 0:58 /usr/bin/php /home/many4912/public_html/wp-cron.php
 * What should I/ can I do to prevent this problem?
 * Thanks!!!!!
    …mark

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 * Last reply from: [rabideau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabideau/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-problem/)
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