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I checked. Honestly it is hard to tell. If wordefence is as you say then I don’t think its the problem. I’m still trying to get to the bottom of these I/O spikes and CPU usage.

I did find out that whenever I sit on the scan screen in WP an Ajax file is repeatedly execute and the runs up my usage. So I don’t stay inside the editing files long while editing WP.

Here is something that I thought was an issue. Perhaps you can confirm. When I click scan from wordfence menu in WP. I see the loading bars moving continuously and nothing happening in terms of files being scanned. However, I learned that may in fact be how WF is suppose to work.

Back to my usage and I/O spikes… I actually think the problem can be linked to spam attacks and hackers hitting my site. They kept triggering my WP-cron.php. So I disabled it in wp-config.php. Now I don’t think my scehduled scans work in wordfence any more. nor my back ups from another plugin. However Can’t I create a cron job in my cpanel to fire up my stored Wordfence scans?

The linked site is what I thought my issue was. Just wondering if this cron job gets WF to do its normal scan.
https://stickystatic.com/tech/disable-wordpress-cron-jobs

Thank you. I will try this.

Yeah I’m having the same issues. My CPU usage spikes in a clear pattern as if something is being scheduled to run.

My I/O usage spikes as well during the same time my CPU usage goes up… I have 4 wordpress sites. But they are are small. Combined they get like 50 visits a day.

I know I don’t have the best hosting since it is on a shared plan and with Godaddy. But even they told me something is going on as it isn’t normal.

The only thing I can think that is might be is the Wordfence plugin. But even that I’ve made sure scheduled scans either don’t happen or on a schedule for twice a week.

I also read a thread about the lingering effects of W3TC plugin. Someone had a W3TC-config file still in their config folder. Once they deleted the W3TC-config file their scheduled tasks had completed and site was normal. I too had this file left over. We’ll see if that stops my spikes. I just removed it.

I’m going to also try and deactivate wordfence for a day or so and see what happens.

I wish there was a better way to find the issue. I eliminated all unnecessary plugins and have quick cache on all 4 sites.

Thanks so much… so my GOdaddy hosts my site and FTP files is that where I need to do it from? Also, have you ever done that from Godaddy or know a thread you can send me with a little bit more instruction? If not that’s cool. I definitely appreciate your quick responses and help. At least know I know it is possible.

The link from my inbox took me back here to my original post can you give me the link where I can download the theme and re-zip it on my computer. Thank you