Title: SimplePie Error, broken RSS XML feed, connection timeout
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# SimplePie Error, broken RSS XML feed, connection timeout

 *  [megart04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megart04/)
 * (@megart04)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-error-broken-rss-xml-feed-connection-timeout/)
 * The current error I’m getting is:
    SimplePie reported: cURL error 28: connect()
   or RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: connect() timed out!
 * You can see this at [http://www.scatvsomerville.org/testing/](http://www.scatvsomerville.org/testing/)
 * The back story (which I think could be important)
    – I was hosted on Dreamhost,
   kept getting “Internal Server Error” page. – Would temporarily fix ISE by renaming
   the .htaaccess file and continued troubleshooting my problem. – Resolved to switch
   hosting because of reported issues with Dreamhost. Now host with Bluehost.
 * That brings you up to this point where everything has been running smootly on
   Bluehost with the exception of this XML feed not working and the cURL error. 
   In troubleshooting that I saw it was again a speed issue. Some forums indicate
   I should add to the top of my wp-config file
 * define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128MB’);
 * I tried this but it changed nothing.
 * I’ve poured hours into trying to find a solution and I need one! PLEASE, any 
   help would be appreciated! I would also pay well for these services if anyone
   knows of a trusted site or person to use.

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 * [broken rss](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/broken-rss/)
 * [simplepie](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/simplepie/)
 * [timeout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/timeout/)
 * [wp_memory_limit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_memory_limit/)

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 * Last reply from: [megart04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megart04/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-error-broken-rss-xml-feed-connection-timeout/)
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