Yes, you're right and I know that WP is vulnerable as f4ck (everyone is scanning WP websites for xmlrpc and logins, injections, XSS etc.) but at least it is stable on PHP engine. I need a stable forum / website and not something which is not working and I have to work with months to make it working for few weeks?
Look.. how am I supposed to keep my SMF forums when I get these crazy processes ..
Here are your processes:
[root@xxxxxx ~]# ps aux | grep xxxxxx
xxxxxx 1896 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov11 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.107.102
xxxxxx 5497 0.0 0.0 141328 4780 ? Sl 09:21 0:00 host -W 1 182.247.61.118
xxxxxx 14565 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov09 0:00 host -W 1 108.162.246.40
xxxxxx 18973 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 08:51 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.111.42
xxxxxx 27157 0.0 0.0 141328 4772 ? Sl 09:00 0:00 host -W 1 108.162.245.195
xxxxxx 28619 0.0 0.0 383636 23332 ? S 18:15 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 28623 0.0 0.0 141328 4772 ? Sl 18:15 0:00 host -W 1 156.96.117.54
root 29392 0.0 0.0 114764 972 pts/0 S+ 19:19 0:00 grep --color=auto xxxxxx
xxxxxx 29727 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 09:02 0:00 host -W 1 116.248.186.33
xxxxxx 30263 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 09:02 0:00 host -W 1 182.246.10.169
xxxxxx 36793 0.0 0.0 383636 23508 ? S 15:11 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 36800 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 15:11 0:00 host -W 1 117.37.143.98
xxxxxx 39528 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl Nov09 0:00 host -W 1 162.158.106.173
xxxxxx 43967 0.0 0.0 383636 23508 ? S 15:14 0:00 /opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php-cgi /home/xxxxxx/domains/xxxxxx/public_html/forum/index.php
xxxxxx 43975 0.0 0.0 141328 4776 ? Sl 15:14 0:00 host -W 1 60.160.143.28
I split the topic.
Looks like most of your processes are "host", which means DNS lookups. You might want to "Disable hostname lookups".
Also don't have any spam to refreshing chat box/shoutbox type scripts, or eNotify, that won't help your case.