Title: wp-remove-post-lock/releaseLock
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# wp-remove-post-lock/releaseLock

 *  [CRMMailTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crmmailtech/)
 * (@crmmailtech)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-remove-post-lockreleaselock/)
 * I’ve encountered this issue with several WordPress installations.
 * The problem seems to be caused by various plugins and/or themes such as the Polylang
   plugin and the Divi theme. In my search for a fix I never needed to look outside
   the core WP4.4 code, though, so more likely it’s not.
 * The problem is as such:
 * 1. Go to the pages.
 * 2. Click on the title of a page or on any other link to start editing the page.
 * 3. Javascript file `wp-admin/js/post.min.js` now fires off a POST to `wp-admin\
   admin-ajax.php` with action `wp-remove-post-lock`.
    This request runs for as 
   long as PHP allows, I tried upto 300 seconds. It doesn’t return anything, instead
   ends in an error. After the error (so after a ~300 seconds wait, since it’s a
   blocking call), the page finally changes to the new URL for the edit page.
 * I “solved” this by setting `releaseLock` in `post.js` (and it’s equivalent in`
   post.min.js` to `false` by default. There does not seem to be a clean fix for
   this.
 * Does anybody know what could be causing this and how to properly fix it?
 * _[ [No bumping please](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping). ]_

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 *  [timon25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timon25/)
 * (@timon25)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-remove-post-lockreleaselock/#post-6835507)
 * The same problem.
 * [@crmmailtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crmmailtech/)
    Have you solved
   the problem?

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 * Last reply from: [timon25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timon25/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-remove-post-lockreleaselock/#post-6835507)
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