Title: Fatal Error: maximum execution time
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal Error: maximum execution time

 *  [ijz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijz/)
 * (@ijz)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-5/)
 * Hi all,
 * When attempting to publish a post, or even trash a post, I get “Fatal error: 
   Maximum execution time of 10 seconds exceeded”. The file and the line number 
   is different nearly every time. Of course, when all plugins are disabled, this
   never refers to a plugin file.
 * Every single php.ini file I can find has the time limit set to at least 60 seconds,
   so I tried finding all the places where set_time_limit() is used, and none of
   those have 10 in them either, so I’m feeling a bit stuck.
 * Running on FastCGI, CENTOS 5.10 x86_64 standard. Any attempt to use php_value
   or php_flags in .htaccess results in a 500 Internal Server Error.
 * I’m inclined to suspect that there are bigger issues here, as when I e.g. click‘
   Trash’, it’s a lot more than 10 seconds before the error actually shows up, so
   I’m reasoning that there is something slowing the whole wordpress install down.
 * A quick check of ps and top doesn’t show any unexpected numbers or server loads,
   so I’m really at a loss with where to look next.
 * Any suggestions or pointers to where to look would be much appreciated.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-5/#post-5013270)
 * This is really a server and php config issue and not really WordPress. You’re
   much better off at [http://serverfault.com](http://serverfault.com)
 *  Thread Starter [ijz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijz/)
 * (@ijz)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-5/#post-5013274)
 * Thank you, Sir. I will ask there now.

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 * Last reply from: [ijz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijz/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-5/#post-5013274)
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