How to deal with mod_fcgid timeout in WHM/cPanel

Using FastCGI has many advantages over DSO or SuPHP, but can become very annoying if you don’t have a lot of experience to configure it correctly.

The most common problem with mod_fcgid is the timeout error. Some people try for hours without success to resolve this, by editing the PHP configuration and can’t understand why it is timing out despite the Timeout is set high enough.

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