{"id":11455,"date":"2020-08-07T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/07\/automated-tos-cpu-blocked-hostgator-limited-my-website-i-had-extensive-cpu-usage-what-to-do-now\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:00:10","slug":"automated-tos-cpu-blocked-hostgator-limited-my-website-i-had-extensive-cpu-usage-what-to-do-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/07\/automated-tos-cpu-blocked-hostgator-limited-my-website-i-had-extensive-cpu-usage-what-to-do-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated TOS\/CPU: Blocked! HostGator limited my website, I had extensive CPU usage! What to do now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZNYPhB3naXo?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In this video I will talk about the issue I am facing right now on a shared HostGator hosting. They limited access to my website because I had an extensive CPU usage for a long period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps that I made to regain access to my site:<\/p>\n<p>1. I replied to the email I got from them, asking for credentials to fix my site&#8217;s performance.<br \/>\n2. After I got access to my site, I replied to them with this email:<\/p>\n<p>Hello,<br \/>\nI updated the site, done the following changes on it:<br \/>\n1. deactivated all unnecessary plugins from WordPress<br \/>\n2. limited the crawl rate in Google and Bing, as instructed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/telling-the-bing-network-how-often-to-crawl-your-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/telling-the-bing-network-how-often-to-crawl-your-website<\/a> and here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/telling-google-how-often-to-crawl-your-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/telling-google-how-often-to-crawl-your-website<\/a><br \/>\n3. installed WP Fastest Cache Premium for caching of the site<br \/>\n4. upgraded to latest WordPress version: 5.4.2<br \/>\n5. updated PHP to latest available version: 7.1<br \/>\n6. replaced wp_cron with server cron, as advised here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/how-to-replace-wordpress-cron-with-a-real-cron-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/how-to-replace-wordpress-cron-with-a-real-cron-job<\/a><br \/>\nPlease consider removing the restrictions from my website.<br \/>\nThank you for your time on this! 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