[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8538: RSS Feeds not displaying in Dashboard

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#8538: RSS Feeds not displaying in Dashboard
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 Reporter:  sspelta              |        Owner:     
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:  2.8
Component:  UI                   |      Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal               |   Resolution:     
 Keywords:  RSS Feeds Dashboard  |  
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Comment (by jick):

 Replying to [comment:3 DD32]:
 > If WordPress times out while attempting to load the RSS feed on the
 first time, Thats the error message that will be shown.
 >
 > I've found that sometimes, the 2 (or 30?) seconds which WP allows for
 the feed fetching isn't enough for some slow hosts.
 So maybe it would be good to increase the time? Or maybe even allow it to
 be set to a custom value. Not even necessarily a full setting but maybe
 something as simple as a PHP constant like in wp-config.php or
 something...?

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