Title: Timeout issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Timeout issue

 *  Resolved [klint01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klint01/)
 * (@klint01)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-issue/)
 * Since upgrading to 1.4.0 I have been experiencing timeout issues with EWWW Image
   Optimizer. It runs during rss feeds and optimizes the images pulled in. Worked
   fine until recent upgrade. Is there a way to extend the limit from 30 seconds?
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-issue/#post-3597076)
 * The 30-second limit is usually a php setting, or something else on your server.
   The plugin actually adds 50 seconds to the php processing time with every image
   on a bulk-optimize, but otherwise, doesn’t do anything with timeouts.
    To further
   clarify, the timeouts in php only take into account actual php code, so the optimizers
   don’t actually use ANY time themselves. However, many webhosts have limits set
   to how long a process can run, or how much cpu it can use, etc.

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 * Last reply from: [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/timeout-issue/#post-3597076)
 * Status: resolved