When you try to create the full catalog, but have many products / product categories we recommend the following:
- Increase the PHP max_execution_time (see here how)
- Turn on the Caching (WooCommerce > PDF Catalog > General > Enable Caching)
- Then create the full catalog
- A cached file will be created and stored on your server
This will prevent creating the catalog new again. Remember to clear the cache when adding new products / categories.
Caching will prevent timeouts in total as just the cached file will be loaded when customers request it.
You mention increasing max execution time but the (see here how) link is 404. Increase it to what? Please provide more details.
Increase it to more than you had before until it works 🙂
Of course it refers to more than before. But how we can increase the PHP max_execution_time. The link do not work. Thanks
For modifying php ini settings you should ask your hoster.
Hello, I have been trying to generate a PDF for the full catalog, but it timed out eventually. I increased the PHP max_execution_time to 7200 and enabled the cache, but it crashed the server almost every time. What else can I do?
In this case, please ask your hoster.