Title: PHP Compatibility Checker – plugin too big problem – server load
Last modified: September 1, 2017

---

# PHP Compatibility Checker – plugin too big problem – server load

 *  [MKSnMKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mksnmks/)
 * (@mksnmks)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-checker-plugin-too-big-problem-server-load/)
 * **Problem Situation**
    PHP Compatibility Checker seems to think that some plugins
   are too big to check. It seems to decide “after” it has already been scanning
   the plugin for a while. At a guess, this is probably due to the plugin timing
   the scan, and deciding that it is taking too long.
 * In any case, I have found that some plugins have been reported as too big to 
   scan on one scan, but not on a following scan. There was no change in the file
   between the two scans.
 * So the report should be more accurate and state the real reason why the scan 
   for a plugin was stopped. The scan could report if it taking too long, or if 
   the file was too big.
    Or if the server was heavily loaded at the time.
 * Once the scan of a plugin is stopped, there is no attempt to re-scan it at a 
   later point in the scan (say at the end).
 * **Some Suggestions**
    1) Possibly gather some metrics to help fine tune the scans
   e.g. ave MB/hour user scan time that can be tolerated per plugin, per MB, per
   total scan 2) Allow?Invite the user to confirm a re-scan of plugins that were
   not completed in their scans. 3) Record the stop point, in a plugin’s scan, and
   for a total scan, so that restarts from stop points can be done. 4) report the
   correct reason why a scan is stopped. 5) if scans are actually being stopped 
   because the plugin is too big, then allow the user to set the size limit for 
   them self, either as a general option, or on a plugin by plugin basis. 6) By 
   use of the metrics in (1) estimate the current performance level of the server(
   shared servers may be temporarily slowed by heavy activity on the other shared
   sites), and adjust time or size limits in proportion. And make a live report 
   to the user so they know that the scan is going to take longer (or shorter), 
   and why, and be asked how they want the scanner to behave.

The topic ‘PHP Compatibility Checker – plugin too big problem – server load’ is 
closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/php-compatibility-checker/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1446087)
 * [PHP Compatibility Checker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [big](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/big/)
 * [checker](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/checker/)
 * [compatibility](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/compatibility/)
 * [PHP7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php7/)
 * [scan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scan/)
 * [stopped](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stopped/)

 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [MKSnMKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mksnmks/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-compatibility-checker-plugin-too-big-problem-server-load/)
 * Status: not a support question