Title: [Plugin: WordPress Move] Server Error 500 Script timed out
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Move] Server Error 500 Script timed out

 *  Resolved [dnuon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnuon/)
 * (@dnuon)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-server-error-500-script-timed-out/)
 * I am trying to use WordPress Move to migrate a large site to a new host. I have
   used it successfully before with other sites on different servers, but the current
   server it is on times out while trying to back up files, using both Migration
   tool and Backup Manager.
 * I have tried 5MB up to 50MB chunks for the zip sizes but it still times out. 
   It appears that the current server cannot handle zipping up such a large amount
   of data. I have only been able to back up the database at 22MB, but no success
   in backing up the system files.
 * I saw in the changelog:
 * > If the Safe Mode is disabled, operations will not be interrupted by the maximum
   > execution time error anymore.
 * **How can I disable “Safe Mode” and what am I disabling it for?**
 * I would like to try this so I can avoid manually downloading and uploading this
   large site to the new host.
 * Any help is appreciated and thank you.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/)
 * (@merty)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-server-error-500-script-timed-out/#post-2937082)
 * First of all, sorry for the late reply.
 * Safe Mode needs to be disabled because the plugin needs to set the time limit
   to zero, in order to prevent the problem you encountered. You may need to contact
   your host to disable Safe Mode.

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 * Last reply from: [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-server-error-500-script-timed-out/#post-2937082)
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