A Few Tips for Newspaper X – Speed, High CPU Usage Issues

Many people are complaining about high CPU usage and Slow Speed issues after moving to Newspaper X. Check out a few tips below.

1. Switch to better managed hosting such as Clowdways
2. Remove plugins such as Ad Inserter. In my case, Ad inserter was causing high CPU usage so I replaced it with Newspaper theme’s built-in ad manager
3. Use Jetpack and enable WordPress.com Secure Sign On
4. Hide login URL to prevent brute force attacks
5. WP Rocket is not officially recommended but it works well with the Newspaper theme
6. Remove unwanted and unused plugins. Instead of using a single plugin for each feature, find a plugin that gives you multiple functionalities
7. Avoid using features that request admin-ajax
8. Avoid content preloading and Ajax category
9. Disable Ajax View Count
10. Compress the images. You can use free tools such as Squoosh

Thank you

You’re Welcome. Let me know if you need any help.

Newspaper using admin-ajax hope you know?

Please remove your affiliate link from your post.

Yes. I had already sent a detailed report to the developer team. Few tips are:
1. Use the Heartbeat Control Plugin and reduce or disable post editor activity
2. Avoid using td-Composer blocks that use Admin-Ajax such as Load more pagination
3. Live search
4. Megamenu etc.

Use chrome dev. tools to identify which block is using the Admin-ajax.

How did you disable LIVE SEARCH

Refer this – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/disable-live-search/

thanks

Hey @Satwik

How do you manage the mobile theme on Clowdways?

Many times, the Mobile theme appears on the Desktop and vice versa.

Are you using WP Rocket on Cloudways?

I use Mobile theme but only for AMP. Also, I use WP Rocket.

Thanks for the quick reply.

You’re are Welcome Amit.

I’m also facing too many resources being consumed in the last weeks. This isn’t normal. Everything before was fine. We didn’t installed anything, we did things as we usually do.
But then the theme has become very slow from nothing.
We didn’t change anything.

Sir,
I am using a newspaper theme.
Suggestions to prevent copy of text from being posted.
Give some protection to the post..Text on the post will not be stolen

You can use any 3rd party plugin for this.

Make sure you don’t have any plugin conflict. Also, check with your server team once. I am using the latest version of the Newspaper theme and not experienced any such issues.

Satwik/Calin:

Thanks for these great tips! Please advise the best ways to do these:

1. Hide login URL to prevent brute force attacks
2. Avoid using features that request admin-ajax
3. Avoid content preloading and Ajax category
4. Disable Ajax View Count

Thanks & Regards…… Renu Bakshi

1. Use ‘WPS Hide Login’ Plugin or WordPress.com Secure Sign On (Jetpack Plugin)
2. You can disable this in td-composer while designing the cloud templates (Click on any Block in td-composer -> Filters -> AJAX CATEGORIES DROPDOWN – Filter type -> No drop down ajax).
3. You can disable this in td-composer while designing the cloud templates (Click on any Block in td-composer -> Filters -> AJAX CATEGORIES DROPDOWN -> No Preloading
4. https://forum.tagdiv.com/ajax-view-count/

If you are using the latest version of Newspaper v10.3.5 and Mobile Plugin, Go to Theme Panel -> Mobile Theme -> Header -> Disable Live Search.

Thank you so much Satwik.

I received a mail day before yesterday from Envato: [ThemeForest] Update available for ‘Newspaper’

I have read at least three tickets raised by the members that after updating their Newspaper theme their sites have been badly messed up. So far these tickets have not been responded. So, I am very apprehensive whether to update the Newspaper theme or wait for few days till those tickets are responded.

Thanks & Regards….. Renu Bakshi

Dear Staff!

Simon C. directed me here.
We have also an extrem cpu usage problem.
Previusly:
“Dear Tagdiv Staff!

We have a huge problem what must to solve please.
We have a news paper theme and it’s reached the maximum limit of server processor.
The entry process number reach the 2000 and more … this is an extremly number and the server has crashed many many times.
We switch off all plugins except Tagdiv composer and other Tagdiv plugins, but the processor usage don’t fall.
After we turn off the theme and change it to another, than the resource usage going down. The first time when we detect this problem the lastest newspaper update. Before, we haven’t got any big problem, but yet, it is horrible and haven’t any idea about the solution. There is the latest wordpress info:

### wp-core ###

version: 5.5.1
site_language: hu_HU
user_language: hu_HU
timezone: Europe/Budapest
permalink: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
https_status: true
multisite: false
user_registration: 0
blog_public: 1
default_comment_status: open
environment_type: production
user_count: 20
dotorg_communication: true

### wp-paths-sizes ###

wordpress_path: /home/muixhord/public_html
wordpress_size: loading…
uploads_path: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content/uploads
uploads_size: loading…
themes_path: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content/themes
themes_size: loading…
plugins_path: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content/plugins
plugins_size: loading…
database_size: loading…
total_size: loading…

### wp-dropins (1) ###

advanced-cache.php: true

### wp-active-theme ###

name: Newspaper (Newspaper)
version: 10.3.6.1
author: tagDiv
author_website: http://themeforest.net/user/tagDiv/portfolio
parent_theme: none
theme_features: core-block-patterns, post-formats, post-thumbnails, automatic-feed-links, html5, woocommerce, bbpress, align-wide, align-full, editor-font-sizes, editor-style, menus, widgets
theme_path: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content/themes/Newspaper
auto_update: Kikapcsolva

### wp-themes-inactive (1) ###

Twenty Twenty: version: 1.5, author: WordPress Magyarország Közösség,Auto-updates disabled

### wp-plugins-active (19) ###

a3 Lazy Load: version: 2.4.1, author: a3rev Software, Auto-updates disabled
Advanced Gutenberg: version: 2.4.5, author: Advanced Gutenberg, Auto-updates disabled
Async JavaScript: version: 2.20.03.01, author: Frank Goossens (futtta), Auto-updates disabled
Code Snippets: version: 2.14.0, author: Code Snippets Pro, Auto-updates disabled
Contact Form 7: version: 5.2.2, author: Takayuki Miyoshi, Auto-updates disabled
Disable Comments: version: 1.11.0, author: WPDeveloper, Auto-updates disabled
Insert Headers and Footers: version: 1.4.6, author: WPBeginner, Auto-updates disabled
LoginPress – Customizing the WordPress Login: version: 1.4.6, author: WPBrigade, Auto-updates disabled
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed: version: 2.4.6, author: Smash Balloon, Auto-updates disabled
Smush: version: 3.6.3, author: WPMU DEV, Auto-updates disabled
tagDiv Cloud Library: version: 1.5 | built on 10.08.2020 14:58, author: tagDiv, Auto-updates disabled
tagDiv Composer: version: 2.6 | built on 10.08.2020 14:58, author: tagDiv, Auto-updates disabled
tagDiv Social Counter: version: 4.7 | built on 10.08.2020 14:58, author: tagDiv, Auto-updates disabled
tagDiv Standard Pack: version: 1.0 BETA | built on 10.08.2020 14:58, author: tagDiv, Auto-updates disabled
W3 Total Cache: version: 0.14.4, author: BoldGrid, Auto-updates disabled
Webcraftic Hide login page: version: 1.1.1, author: Webcraftic <wordpress.webraftic@gmail.com>, Auto-updates disabled
WP-Optimize – Clean, Compress, Cache: version: 3.1.2, author: David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft, Auto-updates disabled
WP User Avatar: version: 2.2.7, author: ProfilePress, Auto-updates disabled
Yoast SEO: version: 14.9, author: Team Yoast, Auto-updates disabled

### wp-plugins-inactive (2) ###

Classic Editor: version: 1.6, author: WordPress Contributors, Auto-updates disabled
Health Check & Troubleshooting: version: 1.4.5, author: The WordPress.org community, Auto-updates disabled

### wp-media ###

image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick
imagick_module_version: 1802
imagemagick_version: ImageMagick 7.0.10-10 Q16 x86_64 2020-07-09 https://imagemagick.org
file_uploads: File uploads is turned off
post_max_size: 8M
upload_max_filesize: 2M
max_effective_size: 2 MB
max_file_uploads: 20
imagick_limits:
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_AREA: 125 GB
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_DISK: 9.2233720368548E+18
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_FILE: 12288
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MAP: 125 GB
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MEMORY: 63 GB
imagick::RESOURCETYPE_THREAD: 1
gd_version: 2.2.5
ghostscript_version: 9.25

### wp-server ###

server_architecture: Linux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.36.el7.x86_64 x86_64
httpd_software: Apache
php_version: 7.4.9 64bit
php_sapi: cgi-fcgi
max_input_variables: 1000
time_limit: 10
memory_limit: 512M
max_input_time: -1
upload_max_filesize: 2M
php_post_max_size: 8M
curl_version: 7.62.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2k
suhosin: false
imagick_availability: true
pretty_permalinks: true
htaccess_extra_rules: true

### wp-database ###

extension: mysqli
server_version: 10.2.33-MariaDB-log-cll-lve
client_version: mysqlnd 7.4.9

### wp-constants ###

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /home/muixhord/public_html/wp-content/plugins
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 512M
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
WP_DEBUG_LOG: false
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: true
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_LOCAL_DEV: undefined
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE: undefined

### wp-filesystem ###

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable

So we tried many many solution, but it didn’t works. Last we made a new wordpress and reinstall the theme and the TD components, than the cpu usage also going up extremly, becuse there isn’t any visitor, post, picture, pagination in this site.

many thanks for your help!

So, you tell people to avoid using the pagination? Funny how you do not advise that at the point of sale!!!!!!! How else are people supposed to review older articles?

Also, using affiliate links in your advice is wrong – it undermines the validity of your advice.

• This reply was modified 5 years by CharityToday.
• This reply was modified 5 years by CharityToday.