Title: Stuck at &#8220;Checking Files&#8230;&#8221;
Last modified: March 8, 2020

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# Stuck at “Checking Files…”

 *  Resolved [tdwoodward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdwoodward/)
 * (@tdwoodward)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-at-checking-files/)
 * I installed Hummingbird to check it out. Performed the Performance Test. When
   I run the Optimization routines, where it is “Hummingbird is running a file check
   to see what files can be optimized”, it usually hangs somewhere between 44% and
   67% and never progresses beyond that. How to diagnose this issue?
 * Thank you…

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 *  Thread Starter [tdwoodward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdwoodward/)
 * (@tdwoodward)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-at-checking-files/#post-12521765)
 * Increased exeucation time in phprc which resolved the issue.

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