Title: Fixit timeout / server error
Last modified: August 26, 2021

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# Fixit timeout / server error

 *  Resolved [joeborders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeborders/)
 * (@joeborders)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixit-timeout-server-error/)
 * Hello! Thank you for developing this plugin!
    I did a dumb thing and didn’t provide
   any alt text for my images for 3 years! i thought I could go back and just do
   it later, but I didn’t realize The images in the media library are separate from
   those used in actual pages and posts!. I found an article guiding me through 
   the use of your plugin to fix this: [https://www.pigzilla.co/local-seo-training/bhb/technical-seo/how-to-add-alt-text-to-images-on-pages-and-posts-in-bulk/?fbclid=IwAR23drtb_gsmU0r4w3tHU3HEHum_HFVdSNJ2v9a4KCGQ-1RZOTFpRd-jHEA](https://www.pigzilla.co/local-seo-training/bhb/technical-seo/how-to-add-alt-text-to-images-on-pages-and-posts-in-bulk/?fbclid=IwAR23drtb_gsmU0r4w3tHU3HEHum_HFVdSNJ2v9a4KCGQ-1RZOTFpRd-jHEA)
 * I’m running into a problem though.
    I tried running it 4 times and got a 504 
   error. I contacted my host and they increased the php timeout to 5 minutes. Now
   I’m getting a 500 error after 2 minutes of running.
 * I tried the renew cache button at the bottom, but I’m not sure I’m using it correctly….
   do I push that button after every 500 error?
 * Have you run into this before?
    Thank you for your help! ^_^

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 *  Thread Starter [joeborders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeborders/)
 * (@joeborders)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixit-timeout-server-error/#post-14809111)
 * I fixed it! ^_^
    I just processed batches of 9,000 posts at a time ^_^. but. 
   I did notice something maybe you might have some insight on. I was testing to
   see if the alt text got applied to previous iterations of images and it looks
   like it worked. But, on my page I was looking at, I have several images of my
   office that should have the alt text “inside the office of joe borders, MFT” 
   but when I inspect the page it looks like they just have “joe borders, mft” …
   did I do something wrong? the page I’m looking at is here: [https://sacwellness.com/listing/joe-borders-mft/?lpc_loc=59](https://sacwellness.com/listing/joe-borders-mft/?lpc_loc=59)
   Thank you again for your help! ^_^
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixit-timeout-server-error/#post-14809639)
 * Thanks for your post and the update with the good news about the solution you
   found before I could suggest it; excellent work! Thanks as well for the link 
   to the Pigzilla article, which I was unaware of. It’s always interesting to see
   where MLA pops up.
 * I had a quick look. I can see the ALT Text in the IMG tag, but it looks like 
   these tags are generated by your theme or another plugin that performs the sliding
   gallery display. It’s quite possible that the pattern-matching logic the MLA 
   Insert Fixit plugin is using is not finding these image references. I would have
   to look at the source text of the post/page to be sure.
 * If you can use the WordPress Code Editor mode to get the actual source text, 
   post the relevant portion here and I can investigate further. I will leave this
   topic unresolved for now. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixit-timeout-server-error/#post-14982858)
 * It has been seven weeks since my last post in this topic. I assume you have found
   a solution to the last part of the problem you reported.
 * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if the problem is still
   with you and you have more information to share.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixit-timeout-server-error/#post-14982858)
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