Title: Flickr slideshow timeout
Last modified: July 14, 2023

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# Flickr slideshow timeout

 *  Resolved [usable7340](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usable7340/)
 * (@usable7340)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flickr-slideshow-timeout/)
 * I just installed Photonic to display slideshows from my Flickr albums. When I
   try to configure a Photonic block in the Gutenberg editor, it hangs forever on
   the second screen after I select “Current User” and click Next. I was able to
   get shortcode slideshow display working, very slowly, sometimes. It still takes
   nearly 30 seconds to load, and often fails first with the cURL timeout error 
   28.
 * Even with nothing on the page except the shortcode, it also takes 30+ seconds
   to Save Draft on my post in WordPress editor, or just fails to save at all.
 * Here is my shortcode: [gallery type='flickr' view='photosets' photoset_id='72177720309748775'
   media='all' tag_mode='any' sort='date-posted-desc' layout='strip-below' caption
   ='title' thumb_size='q' main_size='z' fx='fade' controls='show' ]
 * I have set up my API and user ID info, disabled my CDN, set “transpiled code 
   only” and I have timeout set to 30. I have Loading Mode set to Javascript, and
   Performance logging turned on. Thanks for any suggestions you can offer!
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [usable7340](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usable7340/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fflickr-slideshow-timeout%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [usable7340](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usable7340/)
 * (@usable7340)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flickr-slideshow-timeout/#post-16894169)
 * I struggled with this for hours today, and it started moving faster after I moved
   the post out of Draft mode into Published. I have no idea why that should matter…
   but it seems to be working now.
 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flickr-slideshow-timeout/#post-16895650)
 * Draft vs. Published posts should have zero impact on API calls. If I were to 
   guess, this was likely an issue on your hosting platform, where outbound calls
   to Flickr might have been operating slowly. I tried your user id (derived from
   your photoset id), and was able to retrieve your photosets in a fraction of a
   second on my site.

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