Title: Can't save any website changes
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Can't save any website changes

 *  [linnorv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linnorv/)
 * (@linnorv)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-any-website-changes/)
 * I can’t save any changes done to wordpress and can’t use some of the tools (open
   up woocommerce product list, use Visual Composer and some other tools). Every
   time I attempt that, I get an 408 request timeout error. I can go on website 
   without any issues, can go to dashboard and even change any settings, but as 
   soon as I press “save changes”, it doesn’t load up and gives me that error. I
   have a hosting plan with unlimited bandwith, so doubt it’s that. I have contacted
   my website host and they said it’s most likely an issue with my theme or some
   plugin. I have disabled all plugins and set my theme to default, but still have
   the same issue.
    I also don’t think it’s my internet connection. 1 minute after
   last failed attempt to update my website, I have done an internet speed check
   and it came back with ~180 Mb/s download and ~110 Mb/s upload speed result. I
   have tried saving changes on 3 different platforms – chrome, firefox and IE, 
   none of them seem to work. Additionally I have tried this on windows (10), Linux
   and Mac. All operating systems have the same exact issue.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-any-website-changes/#post-7501294)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.
 *  [rastadjust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rastadjust/)
 * (@rastadjust)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-any-website-changes/#post-9105152)
 * I reinstalled wordpress via ftp and over written to fix the issue.

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 * [save changes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/save-changes/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [rastadjust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rastadjust/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-any-website-changes/#post-9105152)
 * Status: not resolved

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