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

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# wp-cron.php server overload

 *  [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umz/)
 * (@umz)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-server-overload/)
 * Just received this from my host (they are very good so can’t knock them).
 * > “We would also like to bring to your attention a potential issue with your 
   > site – our server management staff have noticed an increasing load being generated
   > by your site due to the use of the wordpress wp-cron.php
   > we would request that you please address this before your resource usage reaches
   > a level (which it is not far from) where action bay need to be taken towards
   > your account to prevent further issues, many thanks.”
 * I am shared hosting. the website is:
    [http://www.tandooricookingexpert.com/](http://www.tandooricookingexpert.com/)
 * Any ideas to sort this please. should i disable plugins, if so which ones?

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 *  [aguitta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aguitta/)
 * (@aguitta)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-server-overload/#post-1852012)
 * Hey bill, my site just got shut down by my hosting company, aparently wp-cron.
   php is to blame. Aparently it put the whole server down!.
 * Did you get any solutions?.
    JFA
 *  Thread Starter [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umz/)
 * (@umz)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-server-overload/#post-1852013)
 * hello aguitta
 * Sorry i did find the problem. the problem for me was that i was scheduling posts
   to be published in the future. this meant that on each page load all of the info
   was being processed. this resulted in overload of wp-cron on a shared hosting
   account.
 * i asked the host to “kill any wp-cron processes” from my site. they did this 
   any everything is fine now. i never schedule posts and had no problems again.
 * hope this helps you.
 *  [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * (@123milliseconds)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-server-overload/#post-1852014)
 * Dealt with in detail here
 * [http://www.johnoverall.com/wordpress-excessive-overloading-of-your-server-solving-the-wp_cron-php-resource-issue/](http://www.johnoverall.com/wordpress-excessive-overloading-of-your-server-solving-the-wp_cron-php-resource-issue/)
 * has many links to alternative solutions.
 * Your problem could be any of those.

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 * Last reply from: [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cronphp-server-overload/#post-1852014)
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