Feed timeout defaults to 10 seconds

[porcospino]

SimplePie's default timeout to fetch a feed is 10 seconds. If you add a feed that is unavailable, it can make your site unresponsive. I suggest a line like

$feed->set_timeout( 2 );

be added to the fetch_feed function

​https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/fetch_feed/

[ocean90]

This seems to be the case of the feed widget because the feeds on the dashboard are lazy-loaded.

As a workaround you can use the ​wp_feed_options action to apply the timeout setting.

[stevenkword]

@porcospino

Thank you very much for the bug report! Since there hasn't been any activity in several weeks and the timeout can be altered via the filters @ocean90 mentioned, I'm closing this ticket as "won't fix". If you have any further concerns please feel free leave a comment and we can revisit.

[porcospino]

@stevenkword I'm not sure how to proceed. Are you suggesting I use a filter on that action? Should I write a plug-in to set the timeout?