Title: Fatal error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Fatal error

 *  [Jeff Robinson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poetryjam/)
 * (@poetryjam)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1529/)
 * I get this error when I login to the dashboard of WordFence. How do I fix it??
 * Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /wp-content/plugins/
   wordfence/lib/wordfenceScanner.php on line 156
 * The scanner seems to be stuck at this spot
 * [Feb 21 09:58:33]Scanning file contents for infections and vulnerabilities
    [
   Feb 21 09:58:33]Scanning files for URLs in Google’s Safe Browsing List
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Jeff Robinson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poetryjam/)
 * (@poetryjam)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1529/#post-5817875)
 * I figured it out with the online doc support! Thanks for having it there. I just
   needed to do a bit of research and I found it.
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1529/#post-5818014)
 * Glad you were able to find what you needed in our online support. Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1529/#post-5818014)
 * Status: not resolved