{"id":1430,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583532-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-limits-are-reached-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:01:26","slug":"1583532-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-limits-are-reached-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583532-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-limits-are-reached-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do if Your Hosting Plan Limits Are Reached in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Each Hostinger hosting plan comes with a set amount of resources. The resources determine how well a hosting plan handles the load.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">While checking the <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/2436138-how-to-check-order-usage-inside-my-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">usage of your hosting plan resources<\/a>, you may notice the message &ldquo;Your websites could experience slower performance&rdquo;.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/7c7ad1d4-a3b8-4b43-bc93-39498133ac7d.jpg\" alt=\"The message &ldquo;Your websites could experience slower performance&rdquo; shown on Resources Usage section\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Let&rsquo;s go through the most important resources and how reaching their limit affects your website.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_56b36a460d\">CPU<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">When you reach the maximum threshold for available <b>CPU<\/b>, your website becomes slower and starts scheduling requests from your visitors instead of serving them instantly. There will be no error messages, but the website will feel sluggish.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Find out your website&rsquo;s peak hours and ensure your CPU stays <b>below 80%<\/b> during the busiest times. This will guarantee that all visitors have the best possible experience on your website.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Usually, high CPU usage is caused by poorly optimized website code. We suggest you:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Revise your code.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Reduce the number of plugins.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Minimize the number of <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/cron-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cron jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enable caching on your website. If you use WordPress, we recommend the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/litespeed-website-optimization-tool\/#Installing_the_LiteSpeed_Cache_Plugin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LiteSpeed Cache<\/a> <\/b>plugin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you tried the above suggestions, but the site&rsquo;s performance is still poor, it indicates that your <b>website has grown<\/b> and needs more resources to keep up with the load. In this case, consider <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-can-i-upgrade-my-hosting-accountb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrading your hosting plan<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If your CPU usage is high, check your&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5650167-how-to-use-the-analytics-section-on-hpanel-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5650167-how-to-use-the-analytics-section-on-hpanel-at-hostinger\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">analytics<\/a>&nbsp;for any loopback requests or signs of a potential&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5634639-what-is-a-ddos-attack-and-how-to-prevent-it-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5634639-what-is-a-ddos-attack-and-how-to-prevent-it-at-hostinger\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">DDoS<\/a>&nbsp;attack. These issues can also lead to CPU or RAM overages and cause website performance degradation.<\/div><h2 id=\"h_7f6573c7cd\">I\/O (Input\/Output)<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Disk I\/O <\/b>or <b>disk throughput<\/b> is a limit on how fast data can be written\/read. This limit helps measure disk performance. When you reach the maximum threshold for available I\/O, your website will slow down, similar to when the CPU threshold is reached. For this reason, the <b>same above-mentioned solutions<\/b> apply.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_ab3eff0215\">RAM and Processes<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">When your hosting plan reaches the limit of<b> processes<\/b> or <b>RAM<\/b>, your website visitors may encounter the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3417446-what-is-503-error-and-how-to-fix-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">503 Service Unavailable<\/a> <\/b>error.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">It is <b>critical<\/b> to ensure you <b>never reach these limits<\/b>. If you reach the limit of processes or RAM <b>10-20 times<\/b> within one month, it is a very strong indication that your website needs a larger pool of resources to handle the load. We recommend you <b>reduce the number of processes to the minimum<\/b> and, if the issues persist, <b>upgrade your hosting plan <\/b>as soon as possible to ensure the best uptime for your website.<\/p><h3>Reducing Max Process count for Next.js apps<\/h3><p>If your Next.js app is showing high Max Process usage on a web hosting plan, a platform optimization is available that significantly reduces the number of processes spawned at runtime. New deployments apply this automatically. To apply it to an existing app:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Go to your website Dashboard &rarr; Deployments.<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Settings and redeploy<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Review settings and click <b>Save and Redeploy<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>After redeployment, process usage should decrease substantially. Monitor resource usage in hPanel to confirm.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_cfbc4047ca\">PHP Workers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">PHP workers are processes that handle PHP requests on your server. Each worker can process one request at a time. If your hosting plan has reached its PHP worker limit, users may experience delays or timeouts when accessing your site. Some of the recommendations:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Reduce the number of plugins and scripts that initiate PHP processes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use caching mechanisms to reduce the frequency of PHP script executions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your site consistently reaches the PHP worker limit, consider upgrading to a plan with more resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For a temporary increase in resources, you can try <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/6121051-how-can-i-boost-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosting your account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you reach the limit of resources within a <b>Cloud Enterprise<\/b> plan, <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-contact-live-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch with us<\/a>, and we&rsquo;ll offer you the best <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS<\/a><\/b> solution that would suit your particular case.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing the message \u201cYour websites could experience slower performance\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-order-usage"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583532-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-limits-are-reached-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583532-el-uso-del-recursos-muestra-que-se-alcanzaron-los-limites-del-plan-de-hosting\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583532-l-usage-des-ressources-montre-que-les-limites-du-plan-d-hebergement-ont-ete-atteintes\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583532-paket-hosting-telah-melebihi-batas-penggunaan\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583532-o-uso-de-recursos-mostra-que-os-limites-do-plano-de-hospedagem-foram-atingidos-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583532------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9435,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/9435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}