Title: bulk smush.it issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# bulk smush.it issue

 *  Resolved [acdinsweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acdinsweb/)
 * (@acdinsweb)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-smushit-issue/)
 * Hi,
 * I am having an issue using bulk smush.it. After clicking run all my images through
   smush.it it thinks for a about 3 minutes and produces the following error:
 * 500 – Internal server error.
    There is a problem with the resource you are looking
   for, and it cannot be displayed.
 * Please note I do not use a CDN, but do use w3 total cache.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/)

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 *  Plugin Author [WPMU DEV – Your All-in-One WordPress Platform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev/)
 * (@wpmudev)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-smushit-issue/#post-4126248)
 * [@acdinsweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acdinsweb/),
 * You might want to verify that W3 Total Cache is not caching for the admin area.
   I don’t think it does by default. It could be that just a timeout trying to process
   too many images. Try this. Go to Media > Library. Select 2-3 images which have
   not already been processed via Smush.it. Set the checkbox in the first column
   of the row. Then from the dropdown above the listing select the option to Smush.
   it. The click the button next to the dropdown. See if you can get a small set
   of images processed.
 *  Thread Starter [acdinsweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acdinsweb/)
 * (@acdinsweb)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-smushit-issue/#post-4126277)
 * After visiting my media library it looks like a bunch of images were actually
   smushed, meaning that this is definitely a timeout issue. I will smush the rest
   in small batches.
 * Thanks!!!
 *  Plugin Author [WPMU DEV – Your All-in-One WordPress Platform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev/)
 * (@wpmudev)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-smushit-issue/#post-4126281)
 * [@acdinsweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acdinsweb/),
 * Great. Thanks.
 * >  I will smush the rest in small batches.
 * If you go to Settings > Media you should see the section for the Smush.it plugin.
   You can increase the timeout. But that just means the processing will hang the
   screens for that amount of time. Small batches is probably best.

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