WordPress is notorious for it's excessive CPU usage especially if you're using a shared hosting plan. I've been on WordPress for a couple of years now, had some experience with two different web hosts and within this time, I've had some pretty ugly experiences like twice or so. If your WordPress blog isn't well managed and optimized the right way, you may just wake up one day to see that your web host has already suspended your account. I've had such issues more than once and the recommendations given in this post are from what I personally implemented on this blog. If your web host just complained about high CPU usage or excess MySQL processes running, there are a few things you can do ...Read more