title: Updating WordPress on local server (max execution time)
body: <p>For some time I have been getting a "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded" while trying to update different WP installations on my local server. </p>
  
  <p>I know I can fix this by disabling it in the php.ini.. but what I want to do is find the problem and fix it generally. It's a local server after all, so this action should take just few seconds of time.</p>
  
  <p>My local server is running on XAMPP.</p>
  
  <p>The exact message from the WP admin:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Downloading update from <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.5-new-bundled.zip" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.5-new-bundled.zip</a>…</p>
    
    <p>Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in E:\Local Server\htdocs\test wp\wp-includes\class-http.php on line 949</p>
  </blockquote>