Title: BackupGuard Error: PHP EXECUTION TIMEOUT ERROR
Last modified: December 29, 2018

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# BackupGuard Error: PHP EXECUTION TIMEOUT ERROR

 *  Resolved [bkleinkn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bkleinkn/)
 * (@bkleinkn)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error-8/)
 * I am getting this error even when I change my execution timeout time and select“
   Reloads Enabled”
 * “Your hosting has an execution time limit of 300 seconds for PHP scripts, which
   is not enough for performing a full backup/restore of your website. A full website
   backup/restore is a complex process which may take a couple of minutes depending
   on many circumstances. The needed execution time varies depending on the backup
   options and your server performance, that’s why we cannot tell exactly how much
   execution time is needed. But, almost all hosting providers give users the ability
   to increase the execution time limit or they increase it themselves, upon user
   request. Please ask your hosting provider if they are able to increase your execution
   time limit. If this isn’t an option for you, then try to activate the “Reloads
   enabled” option in the settings (to compress your data chunk by chunk). Then 
   disable any security plugin which could prevent nopriv ajax calls and try again
   to create a new backup. If you still see this error, please contact us and we’ll
   do our best to help you figure it out ASAP.”
 * I am not an IT person and have no clue what I am doing. Any help? I have Teamviewer
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [bkleinkn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bkleinkn/).

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error-8/)
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