The website was making frequent Toolset requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, increasing resource usage even on pages without auto-advancing sliders.
Solution:
Review each View for AJAX pagination, automatic sliders, AJAX custom-search updates, front-end sorting, infinite scrolling, or map updates. To identify requests, use the browser’s Network panel, filter for admin-ajax, and inspect each request’s action parameter; Toolset actions use the wpv_ prefix.