Maximum execution time

  • Resolved KS

    (@karl19)


    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello, we have been testing this plugin on a site recently and enjoying the functionality – thanks!

    We’re all of a sudden getting the following error:

    Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /../wp-content/plugins/footnotes-made-easy/footnotes-made-easy.php on line 331

    We hadn’t made any changes lately, but I updated all plugins and themes, also PHP from 8.2 to 8.4. The Footnotes Made Easy version was 3.0.6, I updated it to latest 3.0.8 but it doesn’t help. When I disable the plugin, the site works fine again.

    Not sure what could be causing this issue?

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  • Plugin Author Patrick Lumumba

    (@lumiblog)

    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi @karl19

    Thanks for reporting this.

    Quick questions to help me diagnose:

    1. How many footnotes are on the problem page?
    2. In Settings → Footnotes, what is your “Identifier” set to?
    3. Is “Combine identical footnotes” enabled?

    Temporary workaround:

    Try changing “Identify” to “a,b,…j” – this should prevent the timeout while I investigate.

    OR,

    1. Settings → Footnotes → Priority
    2. from 11 to 20
    3. Save and test

    This makes the footnotes plugin run after most other content filters, which should resolve the conflict.

    If they don’t help, please let me know.

    Patrick

      Thread Starter KS

      (@karl19)

      4 months, 3 weeks ago

      Hi Patrick, many thanks for the quick and informative reply!

      1. This happens even on pages without footnotes.
      2. 1,2… 10
      3. No

      I have tried the temporary workarounds you suggested, as well as the “Suppress Footnotes” options, but it provides no quick fix. I have also tried turning of all plugins apart from Footnotes Made Easy, as well as switching to the 2025 standard theme, but that also doesn’t help.

      What’s interesting, is that the problem happens on pages that don’t have any footnotes, such as the frontpage. Also, it happens in the admin, sometimes when opening pages I get errors such as:

      Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /wp-includes/query.php on line 413

      On a custom post type post (which is where I use the footnotes), I’m now getting an error relating to line another code line:

      Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /wp-content/plugins/footnotes-made-easy/footnotes-made-easy.php on line 308

      But this might just be it timing out earlier.

      I’m not sure what else I can do to test, or how I can help bugfix? I also don’t know if this is just related to my (pretty standard ) server setup, or a more general bug. Unfortunately, if I deactivate the plugin, everything else works fine and fast.

      • This reply was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by Yui.
      Plugin Author Patrick Lumumba

      (@lumiblog)

      3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Hello @karl19

      I have tried to replicate the issue, and just can’t.

      And, for that, I am closing this.

      If you are able to replicate it on a different environment, please do let me know. You are welcome to reopen this anytime.

      Thank you for choosing Footnotes Made Easy.

      Patrick.

      Moderator Yui

      (@fierevere)

      永子

      3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Usually 30 seconds is not enough and often is a cause of timeout scenario for many tasks (cron jobs, backups, cold startup with empty caches). It is recommended to increase this value if possible.
      Ask your hosting support for assistance if needed.

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