Hey everyone,
I am having trouble with HostGator and Newspaper.
They have suspended my account because I am using too much CPU resources.
I tried to follow their instructions by limiting plugins and disabling Heartbeat API from WP, also installing caching plugin, but to no avail, it still sucking up resources.
The email kept saying that it was requesting:
evolvehype.com /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Any suggestions besides finding a new host lol, I have never had a problem with hostgator before until using this theme…
Thank you for your help!
Limit queries on home page, but mostly on post pages …
e.g., limit loops used in sidebar; use only 3 related items bottom of page, not 50; don’t use loops/queries in menu bar, or only use one.
Turn off the comment counter on posts/comment it out.
Stuff like that … helps!
Hey Chris,
Yes I use very minimal stuff like that,
I did read someone said something like it could be the Visual Composer?
Could this be the reason?
Yes. Visual Composer is a memory hog.
Also if your site gets overloaded with requests. I just posted note on the Newsmag forum about our site getting slammed by the YANDEX bot and our server processes when from normal of about “1” up to “49” … which is 50x normal (!)… it’s actually worse than that. We blocked Yandex and it’s coming down to normal.
So does this mean I need to get another Theme and refund Newspaper?
Welllll…..
here’s the thing …. if you don’t have robust hosting, I’d likely consider NOT using ANY theme running Visual Composer. All during 2014 with the Newspaper theme we’ve seen zero problems with CPU stuff, but during 2015 it seems they are using bleeding edge stuff to give power users all the stuff they have been demanding … unfortunately a lot of people want their site to do stuff that takes 500 processes and their hosting account can only do 150, and kaboom.
I’m still running the Nov. 2014 version of Newspaper for one of my blogs. Zero hassles. But I didn’t update every time a new version comes out since I didn’t need the extra 50 things added.
So, it’s kind of a tricky thing … I think VC needs to have a “developer mode” and a “deployment mode” where you have all the bells and whistles for design, then “export” your settings for a “lean” setup for actual deployment. But, it isn’t quite that clean yet.
TagDiv chose to use VC 2 years back as it was the coolest thing since sliced bread, and still is. There is another open source very very simple pagebuilder, and couple of page builders which cost $99/year (and stop working unless you keep paying!). So, for a complex layout builder like this… VC is really kind of the “standard” right this second.
Then again depends on well optimized server. I’m running multiple installs of Newsmag and Newspaper, and server not overloaded in the slightest.
Where can I get affordable hosting that will be able to run this no problem?
Hi,
I’ve checked your site, your images are not optimized, reducing their size will lower bandwidth usage. You also have to set the browser leverage cache, some resources will be cached on user browser meaning they will be downloaded only once reducing the number of requests. If you don’t have a cache plugin i recommend that you use W3 Total Cache, enable only page cache (do not enable the other options) – http://screencast.com/t/lOI30ncGfK8 . You can check this guide on how to fix those issues – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ – and this one – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-pagespeed-2015/ – and the discussions here – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/pagespeed/
In case this is not enough you could try to disable the view counter, it will lower the number of database queries. You can also check the plugins and remove the unused ones.
Thank you, Emil G.
Using my optimization guide is definitely a “must” — that’s for sure, as well as the TagDiv docs on speeding up theme. Every little bit helps; lowering the overall footprint by 20% is what makes it “work” …
So, I’d likely try to fully optimize your site FIRST as you’ll need to do that with ANY hosting company.
You could also explore some of the “WordPress hosting” companies out there.
But – a $5 a month account is not going to likely work too well with any robust theme.
A really good web host knows how to manage overloads and such …
our server hit a peak load of “270” today from the Yandex/Russia attack. Didn’t crash.
So, we went up to 270-times normal load (!). Newsmag and Newspaper sites still work.
Optimization is reallllllllllly important!
