Title: Plugin stuck
Last modified: January 9, 2023

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# Plugin stuck

 *  [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mistyanet/)
 * (@mistyanet)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-4/)
 * I can’t use the plugin, the “Run Scan” page takes hours to load and after the
   loading the browser is frozen. I tried on Safari and Chrome with a M1 Mac. The
   server is a dedicated 16cpu/32gb.

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 *  [ensemblebd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ensemblebd/)
 * (@ensemblebd)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-4/#post-16743301)
 * Same. Worked great first time I ran it. 
   But returning to the page, it never 
   loads. 100% cpu core usage, eventually timing out or crashing.
 * By breaking the plugin code down, piece by piece, I have found that it stems 
   from: `meta_box_diagnostics()` on line 518
 * Simply adding “return;” at the top of it, fixes the problem.
 * I believe it’s the recursive file counter.
   For me, the diagnostics area is entirely
   pointless, so the above hack-fix works just fine for me. I don’t need diagnostics
   about my own server.I don’t have any symlinks, so not sure why it’s looping infinitely.
   But not my job to find out nor fix it. Figured I’d share though. Plugin is amazing
   and does a great job with everything else. Just not that.p.s. on second thought,
   maybe this has something to do with open_basedir.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years ago by [ensemblebd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ensemblebd/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years ago by [ensemblebd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ensemblebd/).

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 * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-4/#post-16743301)
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