Server stats plugin uses 50% CPU

Hi, the plugin run a simple shell command which can’t increase your CPU by 50%. It is barely impossible, I’ve tried this plugin in many different hosting platform.
If running than simple shell command is increasing your CPU by 50% you should definitely consider changing your host or taking a deep look into your server hardware and configuration.
There is no way to reduce that time. As I said it is not needed. The command it runs, it doesn’t affect the server resource by any means.

OK, thanks for your response, iSaumya. It really is what I see when looking with top. But the root cause could be elsewhere. Could it be something in the httpd configuration? I’ll have a look there.

Start with try disabling all plugins and then enable one by one. If it still doesn’t fix then you have dig into your server hardware status and in-depth server config.

I’m having the same problem here, with a MAMP 3.5 development site on El Capitan.

When you are testing it on your computer test environment it shows your computer CPU usgae, not server CPU usage. Try installing it in an actual server and check out the result.

The same happens here with a Linux Centos 6.6 server with cpanel.

I had to disable the plugin because when it is active, a php process in the server takes 50% of one cpu core non-stop. I don’t even have to open the dashboard. And the only way to stop it is disabling the plugin.

Hi,
That is extremely wired. If you open the plugin code you will see there is only one single line shell script that runs after a few miliseconds.

A single line shell script. Rest of the calls mostly stored in WP cache so that the server do not need to run them again and again. So, if your server cannot handle one single line shell script, I think you should definitely consider checking your server config or hardware quality of the may be the server is overloaded.

Anyways, feel free to run each of those shell scripts manually in your server and check what is causing those unusual server load.

Hi guys,
I’ve just release v1.3.1 of this plugin which comes with Admin Settings Menu from where you can easily edit the real time script refresh interval time in case your server cannot handle superfast concurrent request.

I hope this latest version will help you to fix the high CPU usage issue you are facing earlier.

To visit the settings of WP Server Stats in v1.3.1, first update the plugin; then go to Settings > WP Server Stats.

Hope this helps. ??