Title: 500 Error Timeout
Last modified: August 30, 2018

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# 500 Error Timeout

 *  Resolved [andre.thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrethomas/)
 * (@andrethomas)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-timeout-2/)
 * Because my import has a lot of images, my site keeps timing out while I’m doing
   the import. How do I keep this from happening?

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 *  [Kingsley Felix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamkingsleyf/)
 * (@iamkingsleyf)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-timeout-2/#post-10668864)
 * contact your host and increase the PHP time out, since i have lots of images 
   and have access to my server my timeout is set at 90,000sec (16HRS+)
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [Kingsley Felix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamkingsleyf/).
      Reason: added missing text
 *  Thread Starter [andre.thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrethomas/)
 * (@andrethomas)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-timeout-2/#post-10673112)
 * Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [andre.thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrethomas/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/500-error-timeout-2/#post-10673112)
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