Title: Variations Limit Problem
Last modified: December 30, 2016

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# Variations Limit Problem

 *  [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmd2015/)
 * (@bobmd2015)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/)
 * I like this plugin and find it easy to work with, but I’m having problems with
   variations.
 * Is there a limit on the number of Variations WP eCommerce can generate for one
   product?
 * I have a product that has 4 different variations as such.
 * Belt Size = 2 options
 * Color = 7 options
 * Left or Right Hand = 2 options
 * Model = 19 options
 * This means the number of variations for this product should be 532.
    (2 X 7 X
   2 X 19 = 532)
 * However, WP eCommerce will not generate all the variations. It will only generate
   around 250 – 350 variations and some of those are incomplete. Meaning they are
   missing one or more variate types.
 * I have tried generating them all at one time and even one at a time, but no luck.
 * Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/)
 * (@lukecavanagh)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/#post-8603566)
 * [@bobmd2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmd2015/)
 * What is the max_input_vars set as in the php.ini for the site?
 * Also which version of PHP is being used on the site?
 *  Thread Starter [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmd2015/)
 * (@bobmd2015)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/#post-8603768)
 * Luke,
 * The max_input_vars = 4000 and the PHP version is 5.6.27.
 * I did notice that during the generation of variations I would get a notice that
   said, connection lost. Generating that many variations seems to take about 2 
   mins. My max_execution_time = 30 and my max_input_time = 60.
 * Could these be a cause?
 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/)
 * (@lukecavanagh)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/#post-8603785)
 * [@bobmd2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmd2015/)
 * I would increase your max_execution_time to be 300, which is 5 minutes.
 *  Thread Starter [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmd2015/)
 * (@bobmd2015)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/#post-8603837)
 * [@luke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luke/) Cavanagh
 * I upped the max execution to 300 as suggested and had the same result. Below 
   is the connection error I’m seeing.
 * Connection lost. Saving has been disabled until you’re reconnected. We’re backing
   up this post in your browser, just in case.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variations-limit-problem/#post-8603837)
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