Title: timeout even with 50 posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# timeout even with 50 posts

 *  Resolved [ptroxler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptroxler/)
 * (@ptroxler)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/)
 * bummer

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 *  [Sudar Muthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sudar/)
 * (@sudar)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166090)
 * Did you try to increase the amount of memory that is allocated to PHP?
 *  [Mayda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maydaohio/)
 * (@maydaohio)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166096)
 * I have the same issue on wp 3.2.1. When I try to delete even a single category
   with first 10 posts I get a 500 Internal Server Error. My admin dashboard index
   also gives this error. I have inserted this code at the top of wp-config.php 
   and wp-settings.php :
 *     ```
       define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '190M');
       ```
   
 * I have also edited my php5.ini files on my godaddy host to allow memory limit
   190M. Also tried replacing Admin with a clean install copy.
    We have over 7k 
   posts. Any suggestions. Thanks, Mayda
 *  [Sudar Muthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sudar/)
 * (@sudar)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166098)
 * If it’s a problem with memory, then it should just timeout and you will get a
   blank page.
 * Since you are getting 500, it means there was some error which has happened at
   the server side. Can you check the PHP error log and tell me what was the exact
   error you are getting?
 * Also which version of PHP you are using?
 *  [Mayda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maydaohio/)
 * (@maydaohio)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166099)
 * We are using php5. My error logs are taking a long time to update, but I do notice
   the number of posts is going down even if I get the 500 Internal Server Error.
   So the plugin seems to be working on some of the posts. My Admin Dashboard index.
   php page is now working, perhaps I have reduced the number of posts to a manageable
   level. I’ll post error logs when I can get them. Thanks for creating and supporting
   the plugin. It is useful despite the issues.
 *  [Sudar Muthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sudar/)
 * (@sudar)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166101)
 * Okay, I think I can guess what is happening now.
 * Your host for some reason is killing the PHP process midway. I guess they have
   some kind of throttling in place.
 * Let me know once you get the error log, so that we can confirm it.
 *  [Mayda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maydaohio/)
 * (@maydaohio)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166103)
 * Sudar:
 * My IP is 65.60.138.8 in eastern standard time(US) I did the following:
 * 7:06 PM 9/11/2011 tried to access dashboard index got internal server error
    
   7:11 PM 9/11/2011 tried to access dashboard index got internal server error 7:
   16 PM 9/11/2011 tried to run a bulk delete operation -internal server error 8:
   04 PM 9/11/2011 tried to run bulk delete on all revisions, first 40
 * The error logs from this period from my IP :
 * [Sun Sep 11 16:06:49 2011] [warn] [client 65.60.138.8] mod_fcgid: read data timeout
   in 40 seconds
    [Sun Sep 11 16:06:49 2011] [error] [client 65.60.138.8] Premature
   end of script headers: index.php
 * It seems not all timeouts/errors are getting logged. I have many 40 second timeouts
   in the error log. Do you think this is a host throttle issue?
 *  [Sudar Muthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sudar/)
 * (@sudar)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-even-with-50-posts/#post-2166104)
 * Yes this is because of the host’s throttling. I guess they are timing out PHP
   execution after 40 seconds.
 * If you have access to the php.ini file, then try to increase the timeout. If 
   you don’t have access, then you may have to contact your host’s customer support.

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