Reduce WordPress CPU Usage – Step #1

My web site was taken offline recently by my hosting provider (JustHost) due to excessive CPU usage. This was a complete and unexpected surprise as the site has had no problems until then and no new plugins had been installed.

• The site typically had over 800 database queries per page, this figure should normally be less than 100 queries per page with typical values being between 20 to 60 database queries per page.

Since then I’ve been trying to optimise this WordPress site and reduce the high CPU usage reported by my web hosting provider. In this article (and possibly more) I’ll post my tips and the solutions I’ve personally implemented. If you’re trying to discover how to reduce CPU usage on your WordPress blog, this series of articles can help you out.  read article