Title: Build problems
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Build problems

 *  Resolved [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/)
 * My site is growing over time as we add more and more content. Until now I used
   Duplicator without problems, but lately I have been getting a build error, so
   I filtered out all the videos. That helped but sometimes it would take 2-3 attempts
   before I would get a successful build (~750MB). Now I am no longer able to achieve
   a build no matter what (~850MB). So I filtered out the content folder, and the
   build was immediately successful (~60MB).
 * What is really the problem here? The size of my website? Or is the server preventing
   me from backing up an 850MB site?
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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5936702)
 * Hey Ender,
 * Most budget hosts will limit the process time of a PHP process either at the 
   PHP layer or Apache layer. If the host deems the process has ran for too long(
   based on its configuration) then it will kill the process which doesn’t allow
   the plugin to continue running…
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5936950)
 * Thanks, I connected the hosting company and they informed me that even though
   I could not directly access the php.ini file , I could put a copy in the WordPress
   folder and use that to increase the max execute time. So far it seems to help.
   Hopefully it will as the site grows in size.
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5936954)
 * Thanks for the update!
 *  [Allycia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allycia/)
 * (@allycia)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5937000)
 * Hi, I think to have the same problem of EnderWiggin with my site in Altervista(
   ~940 Mb). So I ask: where do you put the copy of the file php.ini? which folder
   do you put it in? Another question: how can I increase the maximum execution 
   time? Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5937001)
 * For 1&1, I was told to put it in the same folder where WordPress was installed,
   where wp-config.php resides. But based on the forum thread below this might not
   work for you with Altervista. so you will need to try another method such via.
   htaccess file.
 * [http://forum.it.altervista.org/php-mysql-e-apache-htaccess/73782-come-modificare-due-direttive-del-file-php-ini-su-un-server.html](http://forum.it.altervista.org/php-mysql-e-apache-htaccess/73782-come-modificare-due-direttive-del-file-php-ini-su-un-server.html)
 * Override The Default PHP Execution Timeout Limit:
    [http://www.thecave.info/override-the-default-php-execution-timeout-limit/](http://www.thecave.info/override-the-default-php-execution-timeout-limit/)
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/build-problems/#post-5937003)
 * Hey guys,
 * You may also want to checkout this question on the FAQs page I believe it may
   help or provide some clues about this issue:
    -> Browse to: [http://lifeinthegrid.com/duplicator-faq](http://lifeinthegrid.com/duplicator-faq)-
   > Find section: “Timeout Issues”
 * Hope that helps!

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