Sometime back i wrote about How to reduce Wordpress server load on Shared Hosting and there i talked about Google XML sitemap Generator plugin can be one of the main culprits behind your High server/ CPU load on your shared hosting. In this post i will talk about few things about the same plugin and how to configure some of its settings so that it uses less CPU or memory on shared hosting.
I am assuming here that you already have installed the plugin and have some issues with your CPU/Server load on shared hosting. You should change the default options onlky when you know what you are doing. Some of the configuration changes as described below surely will help you reduce your server load na drun your blog smoothly.
1. BASIC OPTIONS CONFIGURATION
Under Basic options, you can untick the option of ” Rebuild sitemap if you change the content of the blog “. This small change in setting will help you reduce server load as the sitemap wont be generated everytime you write a new post. You can generate sitemap manually if you have issues with your server.
2. ADVANCE OPTIONS SETTINGS
You can limit the number of posts to be included in sitemap to 5 or 10. It will help you reduce server load with no problems with your sitemap as it will be uptodate.
The reason as talked about in the plugin FAQ too :
If you have problems with the maximum execution time or memory limit you can limit the number of posts which will be included in the sitemap. Newer posts are included first so your sitemap will stay up-to-date.
3. BUILD SITEMAP IN BACKGROUND.
Make sure that the option of ” build sitemap in background” is ticked ON. Its a must if you are on a shared server.
Hope these settings will help you reduce the server load nad make your blog run smooth. If you applied all the settings as described above, then may be you will need to build sitemaps manually each time by navigating to Plugin settings page but i don’t think thats a big issue.
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Hi Avinash,
Thanks so much for this guide – I'll make some changes to my configuration now.
I guess I will NOT use tip 1 because then I'd have to manually update the sitemap regularly.
Tip 2 sounds very useful – as only 1 post is added each day (or less), I will limit the posts to 2, and that should mean that the new post is included, but the whole sitemap isn't rebuilt.
*mang.
Welcome mate. Glad I could help you.
Wow! Thanks for the tips. Just so happens I was doing some “plugin cleanup” today and was wondering what to do with this one. Have been getting some CPU throttling alerts, so I will see how it turns out. Thanks again!
Cool thanks
Hi avinash,
my blog is facing lot of server issues even after installing wp super cache ..
just saw xml site map plugin & it was taking 16mb+ load on memory ..applied setting show here
Thanks Avinash .. for this post ..