Title: 405 Error Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # 405 Error * Resolved [kidworldcitizen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidworldcitizen/) * (@kidworldcitizen) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/) * Please help. * I installed smush it and am trying to bulk smush. * “We found 1884 images in your media library. Be forewarned, it will take at least 94 minutes to process all these images if they have never been smushed before.” * Every time I click on “Run all of my images through Smush-It” I get a 405 error….. Most, if not all, of my images are jpegs that are 500 pixels wide…. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [kidworldcitizen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidworldcitizen/) * (@kidworldcitizen) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240570) * Just tried again and got “405 Not Allowed nginx/1.6.1” after about a minute. * Can anyone help? * Thread Starter [kidworldcitizen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidworldcitizen/) * (@kidworldcitizen) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240571) * I just checked, and after bulk smushing about 15 times (each time getting the 405 error) the plug-in has successfuly smushed 23 pages of images in my library. Do I just keep trying it? * [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * (@wpmudev-support1) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240656) * Hi [@kidworldcitizen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidworldcitizen/), * Sorry to hear of the problem you are having. * Are you using nginx? * It seems the error “405 Not Allowed nginx/1.6.1” is caused by the nginx server. * To fix this issue you can contact your hosting provider. You can also refer the solutions posted on the following pages to resolve this issue. * [http://leandroardissone.com/post/19690882654/nginx-405-not-allowed](http://leandroardissone.com/post/19690882654/nginx-405-not-allowed) [http://www.daveperrett.com/articles/2011/05/20/405-not-allowed-error-serving-facebook-apps-with-nginx/](http://www.daveperrett.com/articles/2011/05/20/405-not-allowed-error-serving-facebook-apps-with-nginx/) [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/nginx-405-not-allowed-against-put-method](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/nginx-405-not-allowed-against-put-method) [http://support.ajenti.org/topic/451489-nginx-adding-http-verbs-405-method-not-allowed/](http://support.ajenti.org/topic/451489-nginx-adding-http-verbs-405-method-not-allowed/) * Are you getting any other error message along with it? * Try enabling WP Smush.it debug processing from the following path and let us know if you face any other error message. * Admin Area -> Settings -> Media -> Enable debug processing * Also try increasing WP Smush.it waiting time from the above path if it helps. * Best Regards, WPMU DEV * [Umesh Kumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umeshsingla/) * (@umeshsingla) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240842) * Hi [@kidworldcitizen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidworldcitizen/), * Which hosting provider you are using for your site? Do you mind sharing the hosting details here. * Thanks * Plugin Author [WPMU DEV – Your All-in-One WordPress Platform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev/) * (@wpmudev) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240866) * Hey there. * We haven’t heard from you in awhile, so I just wanted to check in to make sure all was good. * This thread was marked resolved, but please, if you still need help then just respond and open it back up. We can then take it from there. 🙂 * Hope you have a fantastic day! * [felizn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/felizn/) * (@felizn) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240890) * Hi. I am trying to delete a feed in allimport a dropship plugin. I selected to delete the feed, and all posts and images associated with it and I am getting the 405 error. Is it because I am trying to delete so many images and posts? * Thanks Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘405 Error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-smushit/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3447113) * [Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-smushit/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-smushit/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-smushit/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-smushit/reviews/) * 6 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [felizn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/felizn/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/405-error/#post-5240890) * Status: resolved