Title: Maximum execution time error
Last modified: February 3, 2021

---

# Maximum execution time error

 *  Resolved [windslegend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windslegend/)
 * (@windslegend)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/)
 * Hello
 * When I activate Yoast I receive the error message:
 * E_ERROR en la línea 522 del archivo …/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/inc/options/
   class-wpseo-option.php. Mensaje de error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds
   exceeded
 * And when I try to see the entries in the background it will delay many minutes
   to open it.
 * My config is:
 * WordPress versión 5.6
 * Tema actual: Flatsome (versión 3.13.1)
 * Plugin actual: Yoast SEO (versión 15.7)
 * PHP versión 7.4.11
 * Thanks
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmaximum-execution-time-error-5%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  [Suwash Kunwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suascat_wp/)
 * (@suascat_wp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-13996174)
 * [@windslegend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windslegend/)
 * We apologize for the difficulties and can certainly understand how this would
   be frustrating.
 * In regards to the error that you are receiving when trying to activate the plugin
   of ‘Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded’ this error is caused by the
   PHP setting ‘**max_execution_time**‘ being set to low, and needing to be increased
   on your hosting account. This setting is typically controlled by editing the 
   value for **c** in a **php.ini** file such as in the following example:
 * **max_execution_time = 120**
 * You can refer to [this guide](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-exceeded-in-wordpress/)
   for more info. If you aren’t sure how to change the **max_execution_time** setting
   in php.ini, we would recommend contacting your hosting provider for additional
   assistance.
 *  Thread Starter [windslegend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windslegend/)
 * (@windslegend)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-13996737)
 * Hello
 * We proceeded to make these changes but when I activate Yoast and try to access“
   All entries” the list of entries does not load.
 * Sometimes they appear but it takes more than 2 minutes to do so, deactivating
   the plugin they load instantly.
 * So we suspect that the Yoast plugin is causing an execution problem and does 
   not allow its loading.
 *  [Rumejan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onlyincebu/)
 * (@onlyincebu)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-13996931)
 * Hello!
 * We’re sorry that you are experiencing problems that might be caused by our plugin.
 * Just to be sure, we would like to rule out any plugin or theme conflicts that
   may occur. The fastest way to do this is to **deactivate all non-Yoast plugins
   and switch to a standard theme** like [Twenty Nineteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/).
   Does the issue occur? If not, reactivate your other plugins one at a time and
   see if the issue occurs again for every plugin reactivated. Lastly, switch to
   your theme.
 * Test this on your development or staging site, if you have one. If not, we recommend
   using the [Health Check & Troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
   plugin. This plugin allows you to run a conflict check **without affecting normal
   visitors to your site**.
 * As we can imagine that you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like
   to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: 
   [How to check for plugin conflicts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/).
 *  Thread Starter [windslegend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windslegend/)
 * (@windslegend)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-14000748)
 * After deactivating everything and checking the incident, I realized that the 
   client had selected to display 999 entries per page and of course, this was the
   cause of the error …
 * Thank you very much for your help!
 *  [Suwash Kunwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suascat_wp/)
 * (@suascat_wp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-14000959)
 * We are glad to know the issue has been resolved. If you have further questions
   in the future, do not hesitate to reach out to us; we are happy to help. Please
   create a new topic in that case.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘Maximum execution time error’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908)
 * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/)

## Tags

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

 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Suwash Kunwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suascat_wp/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maximum-execution-time-error-5/#post-14000959)
 * Status: resolved