High load from minimal use

ptoone

I have a vanilla forum installed and it is not used much. I have strong anti-abuse measures in place and limited plugins. I noticed the server load on index.php is very high.

Any ideas on addressing this?

phreak

What is the inspector in your browser saying?

Linc

Bad performance comes from one of (in descending order of likelihood):

1. Third-party code, most often a theme or plugin hammering the database too frequently.
2. High traffic with no appropriate caching implemented.
3. A server configuration problem.

Only you currently have enough information where to look first.