admin-ajax.php still there after disabling

  • Hi Jeff,

    I’m trying to get rid of the spikes in in CPU and I/O usages on my server and it’s still a big puzzle to find out where they are coming from. One option I want to rule out is the Heartbeat Api frequency.

    I have put the settings on Disable Everywhere and 60 secs but requests for admin-ajax.php still show up and within the 60 secs. Like this

    [02/Oct/2015:19:43:01 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 61
[02/Oct/2015:19:44:24 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 61
[02/Oct/2015:19:44:43 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 41
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:03 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 41
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:11 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 61
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:13 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 27
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:13 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 40
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:37 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 41
[02/Oct/2015:19:45:43 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 41

    The plugins that are enabled are

    404-error-log-mail
autoptimize
bj-lazy-load
block-bad-queries
display-posts-shortcode
dynamic-widgets
google-sitemap-generator
heartbeat-control
map-categories-to-pages
peters-login-redirect
php-code-widget
printfriendly
reduce-bounce-rate
si-contact-form
simple-tags
simply-show-ids
social-networks-auto-poster-facebook-twitter-g
tweet-old-post
update-control
user-role-editor
wordfence
wordpress-popular-posts
wordpress-seo
wp-better-attachments
wp-gallery-custom-links
wp-optimize
wp-super-cache
wp-to-twitter
wp-youtube-lyte
yet-another-related-posts-plugin

    In another thread you asked if any other plugins could override it, but could that also be a cache plugin? If I want to find out if there is a plugin overriding it, what do I need to look for?

    I also noticed that Google likes to hit on admin-ajax.php about 20x an hour. Do you have any idea why? But I understood direct access is not covered by this plugin.

    Regards

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/heartbeat-control/

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  • Thread Starter Wendihihihi

    (@wendihihihi)

    I saw that Wordfence overrides Heartbeat. Is there a way to get control back?

    Plugin Author Jeff Matson

    (@jeffmatson)

    Are you sure those are all being called from the same user sitting idle on the page? They seem too erratic to be just heartbeat calls.

    Keep in mind that admin-ajax.php is still called when this plugin is active, just not by the WordPress heartbeat. admin-ajax.php is required in many instances.

    Thread Starter Wendihihihi

    (@wendihihihi)

    Yes, they are all on my IP address having one page open in the WP backend.

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