General tips to reduce CPU usage on the serve
1 )Upgrade your WordPress to the latest version if you haven’t. :
You are probably reluctant to upgrade if it’s already working but note that every WordPress update always contains bug fixes and improvements so there is no reason not to upgrade.
2 ) Update all of your plug-ins to a newer version :
They might contain bug fixes (or new bugs!? Check the plug-in discussion to make sure that it’s fine to update).
3) Update your theme files speacially if you are using premium thems then you have to check for the updates with provider
4) Do you really need those plug-ins?
If not necessary then delete the plugins.
5) Install WP-SuperCache
6) Reduce PHP/Database calls as much as you can:
Most CPU usage is caused by the number PHP and database calls. Using WP-SuperCache helps this tremendously but sometimes it can’t be helped that your blog still has to do some PHP/Database calls. If you can reduce it though, do it. For example if a plug-in allows you to set an option whether to write a log or not (like number of spam comments caught, etc), then disable it. This will reduce the number of database insertion/update calls.
7) Reduce the number of Widgets and other components as much as possible:
Although putting a weather widget or other widgets are cool, do you really need them? Besides cluttering your blog and turning visitors off, it can also put a strain on the server. Turn them off!
8) Try to change the theme to simpler one, many times few themes are heavy and causes high CPU usage.
9) Merge similar tags into one with the help of a plug-in
10 ) Try to keep minimum posts per page it will help to speed up your blog
11) Close any Post Writing Pages when you’re not using them. WordPress will Auto-Save and it uses server resources and builds up CPU usage.
12 ) Under Settings-Discussion, turn off any e-mail notifications you don’t need; especially redundant ones.
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