Title: Feed not changing status from (processing) Last modified: August 28, 2019 --- # Feed not changing status from (processing) * Resolved [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/) * Hi All * I have the classic “processing” issue where the xml feed does not update/process at all. I have followed the recommended troubleshooting steps. WP-Cron is enabled and no errors are shown. The cronjob is executed once every hour. * **Steps taken so far:** * 1. Deactivated and reactivated plugin 2. Removed and added new feeds 3. Uninstalled and reinstalled plugin + added new feeds * **Env:** WooCommerce v. 3.7.0 Wordpress v. 5.2.2 PHP v. 7.1.30 Pugin v. 6.3.0 * wp-admin/admin.php?page=woosea_manage_settings&tab=woosea_system_check * System check Status WP-Cron enabled True PHP-version sufficient True (7.1) Product feed directory writable True Product feed XML directory writable True Product feed CSV directory writable False Product feed TXT directory writable False Product feed TSV directory writable False Product feed LOGS directory writable True * wp-admin/tools.php?page=crontrol_admin_manage_page (no errors) woosea_cron_hook None woosea_create_all_feeds() * Any ideas or help with troubleshooting much apprecaited Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 40 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/page/2/?output_format=md) * [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * (@nanasflowers) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11874896) * Having similar issues since the latest update (once I updated to woocommerce 3.7), my host is reporting repeated cron timeouts so I’m wondering if it’s getting overloaded by this plugin. * Even tried adding a new feed which just vanished after refreshing the page. * Issue now is one of my merchant center feeds has stopped working and I dare not try to update the other encase the same happens there. - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/). - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/). - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/). * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11874964) * haha I have also paused my merchant center feeds too.. * You can check the url of the feed once it is paused here: wp-admin/admin.php? page=woosea_manage_feed * My hosting provider (sitegorund) also confirms that they are seeing cron timeouts and recommends setting up real cron-jobs ([https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/real-cron-job/](https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/real-cron-job/)). * **Comment from hosting support is:** * > I checked this but it appears the issue is coming from the plugin itself. In > this case, I can recommend to check with the plugin developers in case it needs > some specific php variables configuration or if they can confirm the cron commands > used by the plugin so you can add them in the cPanel->Cron Jobs tool * [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) * (@evavangelooven) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875036) * Hi ultimus and nanasflowers, * Have you both tried clearing your browser caching too? We’ve been making some changes to Javascript and it could be that your browser is still using the old cached version. * Best, Eva * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875083) * Hi Eva * Thank you for your reply. Yes I have cleared the cache, deactivated and reactivated the plugin. Stopped processing, browser refresh, start processing and it hangs at status “processing”. I have setup real-cron. Can I execute Product Feed Pro via a real cron job too? If yes what command do I need to use? * [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * (@nanasflowers) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875091) * [@ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) – I’m with siteground also, I’m blowing through my whole daily CPU resources just by trying to update a product feed. (I’ve been using this plugin for nearly a year and this is very out of the ordinary) – I use a real cron job setup via the cpanel as woocomemerce is terrible at managing these, could there be a conflict of some sort here introduced in a recent version of the plugin and woocommerce 3.7? * [@evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) I’ve forced flushed the website cache multiple times. This appears to be a backend issue with the plugin rather than an old cached version on our browsers. (I’ve tried on multiple browsers and machines) - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/). * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875100) * > I use a real cron job setup via the cpanel as woocomemerce is terrible at > managing these, could there be a conflict of some sort here introduced in a > recent version of the plugin and woocommerce 3.7? * I do not believe so. I only set up the real cron job via cpanel today. I’ve been having the issue with the feed for several days with woocommerce 3.7. * [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * (@nanasflowers) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875108) * [@ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) Okay that rules that out then as I’ve always had real cron jobs running, and it was only around the time of woocommerce 3.7 the issues appeared for me. * [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) * (@evavangelooven) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875115) * Our plugin relies on a proper working of the WP-cron as it process the product feed in small batches and uses cron events for this. Disabling the WP-cron in the config.php will make it look as if the plugin is stuck whereas it probably is just waiting for your next cron job to trigger the cron-events. This functionality has always been like this and did not change in the last releases * Have you tried rolling back to an older version of our plugin to see if the issue at hand is actually caused by the latest release of WooCommerce or our plugin? * At our end (we run on WC 3.7) things seem to run fine. Bear in mind that in the last release we did remove the percentage behind the processing status as it was not very accurate. * Best, Eva - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/). * [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * (@nanasflowers) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875131) * [@evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) How do I roll back to try an older version? * Also allowing woocommerce to handle cron jobs is a disaster on busy websites with lots of traffic, everyone I’ve spoken to has recommended using real cron jobs. - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/). * [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) * (@evavangelooven) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875141) * On this URL, scroll down the page until you see a drop-down with “previous versions”: * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-feed-pro/advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-feed-pro/advanced/) * Download version 6.2.9 to your desktop. Remove the latest version of our plugin first (bear in mind you will lose your previously configured product feeds, not sure if you are willing too) and install the previous version. * We are also doing these steps now to see if we can find a reason why you are seeing this behaviour. When we do find a potential cause we will revert the release of the previous version via the WP repository. So you could also wait for this if you do not want to lose your configured feeds. * Best, Eva - This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/). * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875146) * [@evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) I have a test feed with 5 products in it. Without the percentage how long do I need to wait (after cron has run) before I can verify it is working/the file has been created? * [evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) * (@evavangelooven) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875151) * 5 products…..a few seconds I would say. * [NF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * (@nanasflowers) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875163) * [@evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) I have a feed with 3 products which was working fine until yesterday, however when it’s clicked on now it goes to the 404 page, would you like me to email it to you? * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875180) * [@evavangelooven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evavangelooven/) I have removed the latest plugin and installed 6.2.9 and the feed with 5 products hangs at “processing 0%”. Let me know if I can provide any logs/debugs. Thanks for your support. * Thread Starter [ultimus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimus/) * (@ultimus) * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feed-not-changing-status-from-processing/#post-11875187) * [@nanasflowers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nanasflowers/) * > when it’s clicked on now it goes to the 404 page, would you like me to email > it to you? * I get this too – because the feed/file was never created. 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