Fatal Error: maximum execution time

Hi all,

When attempting to publish a post, or even trash a post, I get “Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 10 seconds exceeded”. The file and the line number is different nearly every time. Of course, when all plugins are disabled, this never refers to a plugin file.

Every single php.ini file I can find has the time limit set to at least 60 seconds, so I tried finding all the places where set_time_limit() is used, and none of those have 10 in them either, so I’m feeling a bit stuck.

Running on FastCGI, CENTOS 5.10 x86_64 standard. Any attempt to use php_value or php_flags in .htaccess results in a 500 Internal Server Error.

I’m inclined to suspect that there are bigger issues here, as when I e.g. click ‘Trash’, it’s a lot more than 10 seconds before the error actually shows up, so I’m reasoning that there is something slowing the whole wordpress install down.

A quick check of ps and top doesn’t show any unexpected numbers or server loads, so I’m really at a loss with where to look next.

Any suggestions or pointers to where to look would be much appreciated.

Thanks!