Title: BackupGuard Error: PHP EXECUTION TIMEOUT ERROR
Last modified: October 3, 2017

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# BackupGuard Error: PHP EXECUTION TIMEOUT ERROR

 *  Resolved [trevorlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevorlock/)
 * (@trevorlock)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m trying to restore an old version of my site and I keep getting this error
   message:
 * BackupGuard Error: PHP EXECUTION TIMEOUT ERROR
 * Your hosting has an execution time limit of 1000 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.
 * My host Site 5 say they’ve increased my execution time limit but I still get 
   this error warning.
 * Please help!
 * Thanks,
    Trevor
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbackupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [JetBackup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backupguard/)
 * (@backupguard)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/#post-9552311)
 * [@trevorlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevorlock/), could please 
   open a ticket for this: [https://backup-guard.com/products/backup-wordpress/support-p2p](https://backup-guard.com/products/backup-wordpress/support-p2p).
   So, we’ll look into it.
 * Regards,
    Lisa Breen
 *  [Karen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karencole37/)
 * (@karencole37)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/#post-9557485)
 * Hi, I have the same problem. They want my web host which is Inmotion to increase
   the execution time for PHP scripts. Meanwhile, what do I do when I’m continuously
   adding blog posts and the site is growing bigger, not smaller? How big does the
   execution time for PHP scripts have to be in order to ensure that the site takes
   a backup that works, and that can be restored perfectly, with at most only minor
   tweaks needed? I have a ten to eleven page site, and 60+ (there will be more)
   blog posts.
 * Karen Cole
    [karencoleperalta@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/karencoleperalta@gmail.com?output_format=md)
 *  [38kali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/38kali/)
 * (@38kali)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/#post-9957558)
 * I am having the same issue; this appears to be a recent problem. Following for
   solution.
 *  [MosesK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kamaim/)
 * (@kamaim)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupguard-error-php-execution-timeout-error/#post-10428575)
 * I have a similar but not the same situation. Restoring a backup from PHP 5.6 (
   made my restore site backward compatible), increased size to 10,000,000 sec (
   which should be plenty of time), and still get the same error. Is this a standard
   thrown exception when the problem could actually be deeper. I do have a ticket
   open and been waiting on a response.

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