Thread:Project:Support desk/ Mediawiki Massive CPU usage tied to SiteStats.php, DeferredUpdates.php, and ViewCountUpdate.php/reply

Hi!

Modifying the source code is a bad idea - don't do it. You might try setting $wgDisableCounters in LocalSettings.php, which will deactivate the page counter.

However, I have not yet heard that these files cause an enormously high amount of CPU usage. Instead I think that your provider just does not give you enough.