How to increase PHP Time Limit for WordPress sites

Open your PHP file where you need to increase the execution time limit.

Add the ini_set() function at the very beginning of your script (before any other code executes). For example, to set the execution time to 5 minutes (300 seconds), you would add the following line:

ini_set('max_execution_time', 300); // 300 seconds = 5 minutes

Save and run your PHP file. The execution time for that specific script will now be set to 5 minutes. This allows your script to run longer without hitting the default 30-second time limit imposed by PHP.

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