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Problem:
I am experiencing time outs on the WP Admin dashboard when I enable WPML Multilingual CMS. The dashboard doesn’t load; however, the front end is unaffected.

Solution:
The issue was resolved when the AddThis plugin was disabled via WP-CLI. The WP Admin dashboard became accessible again. It’s unclear whether the issue was a conflict with WPML, WP version 6.2.2, or PHP 8.1.

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Last updated by Christopher Amirian 1 year, 5 months ago.

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September 9, 2023 at 12:29 am #14368711

jordanP-2

I am trying to:
Once I enable WPML Multilingual CMS the WP Admin dashboard starts timing out. I cannot even provide a Debug Bar data since the dashboard does not load, only the front end.
Here is the WP debug file - hidden link
Debug bar log in front-end - https://pastebin.com/Wa7dytw5

Link to a page where the issue can be seen:
hidden link

I expected to see:
WordPress Admin dashboard

Instead, I got:
The application did not respond in time.
Response code 504

September 10, 2023 at 2:59 pm #14371615

Christopher Amirian
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi there,

I checked the debug file that you shared and this might be the problem cause:

Maximum execution time of 120 seconds

Please contact your hosting service provider and ask them to increase the PHP execution time to 300.

Also, if you are using WPML Multilingual CMS version 4.6.5 and WPML String Translation version 3.2.7 please update them to the latest version.

Thanks.

September 12, 2023 at 2:31 am #14380079

jordanP-2

Unfortunately, Pantheon does not allow to change that value, and the plugin was working fine before. I even tried the step from this issue in previous ticket - https://wpml.org/forums/topic/wpml-making-admin-really-slow/
Plugins have the latest updates.
I downgraded WP from 6.3 to 6.2.2, but it did not help.
I've tried different things, like switching to twentythree theme, disabling the plugins, but the admin sill being inaccessible is an issue and I'm at a loss.
If it would be helpful we could provide access to SFTP, which would give you access to server logs (Php slow and Php fpm). Would that be helpful?

September 14, 2023 at 8:39 am #14394713

Christopher Amirian
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi there,

Please consider that we do not have enough knowledge about the ins and outs of the hosting service you use to be able to judge or do something about it.

What I can suggest is that we give you a way to copy your website to our server and see if there are any issues there.

If not, I'm afraid there is nothing that we can do code wise and it should be handled by the hosting service.

If you are interested I can provide you the details on how to copy your website to our server.

Thanks.

September 15, 2023 at 5:38 pm #14404981

jordanP-2

Hi Christopher,
If you could provide that, it would be helpful.
FYI, I found out that the issue currently is in the read only environment, the only writable path is wp-content/uploads.
Thanks!

September 17, 2023 at 11:57 am #14408137

Christopher Amirian
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi there,

That also can be an issue as WPML needs the write access for wp-content/languages folder to add the MO/PO files there.

Please check that and if it still has the issue we can give you the means to copy the website.

Thanks.

September 21, 2023 at 2:05 am #14434109

jordanP-2

I have disabled AddThis plugin via WP-CLI and the dashboard became accessible on LIVE. Not sure if it conflicts with WPML or WP 6.2.2 or PHP 8.1.