Increase the curl timeout in WordPress

wp-increase-timeout.php

<?php
Copied from http://fatlabmusic.com/blog/2009/08/12/how-to-fix-wp-http-error-name-lookup-timed-out/
//adjustments to wp-includes/http.php timeout values to workaround slow server responses
add_filter('http_request_args', 'bal_http_request_args', 100, 1);
function bal_http_request_args($r) //called on line 237
{
	$r['timeout'] = 15;
	return $r;
}
 
add_action('http_api_curl', 'bal_http_api_curl', 100, 1);
function bal_http_api_curl($handle) //called on line 1315
{
	curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 15 );
	curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 15 );
}
?>

You Sir, save me a lot of time.
Thanks.

I was trying to solve a cUrl timeout error and after many attempts, I found this script.
It may be 6 year old but it works like a charm even today.
Thank you very much.

Awesome! Just tried and it worked as expected (now 7 years later). :)

how to use this?

@ogdy

Just add the above snippet to your plugin or to the functions.php file of your theme.

Still working ! thank you

great! thanks

Super

You can increase the curl timeout in WordPress to, let's say 300, simply by adding this line in your wp-config.php file:
ini_set( 'default_socket_timeout', 300 );
Put this just above the line: /* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

@sasakarastojkovic Thanks

You can increase the curl timeout in WordPress to, let's say 300, simply by adding this line in your wp-config.php file: ini_set( 'default_socket_timeout', 300 ); Put this just above the line: /* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

TOP!!!

Thanks!

great

ini_set( 'default_socket_timeout', 300 );

Great - thank you, still works :)

Thanks @sasakarastojkovic