You can’t do unlimited (programs need a limit, or they eat memory). If you click on the lighter grey options bar below the admin header, it drops down and you can change it to a higher number. The higher, the more processing power it takes, though.
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WDJD
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Hey thanks for that!
So it will struggle to show 261 posts? That’s the max I need.
Mmm. Maybe. I wouldn’t do more than 50, personally, but it depends greatly on your server.
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WDJD
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No, you don’t understand, I _have_ to have them all displayed because I am resetting the dates of podcasts, and it’s too confusing not to see them all at once. They are hosted on my own pretty good server.
And do you know why it even uses memory? Displaying 300 post titles from a dbase is something basic and should not be taking up memory or be a slow process. Even in an inefficient dbase like FMPro this would be instant and not consume memory.
For a one time thing, go for it. For every day? No way.
It takes memory because it has to go through your database and get all the in for for every post, which IS NOT in one table. Every DB uses memory to do this, its how they work. Now SOME are okay with the amount being used, others are not. That depends on your host and they set up your DB.
I’ve reset dates on a lot of things, and I tend to open multiple screens and use quick edit to do it, but again. For a one time fix, you should be okay, I wouldn’t do it every day.
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WDJD
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I am my own host. I have a leased box with ThePlanet.
And yes, it would be basically once a year, not continual editing.
Appreciate your replies. Thanks so much!!
How about editing the database directly to change the dates, using phpMyAdmin. Would likely avoid any memory issues associated with accessing via wordpress. You can even batch select all the posts you want to edit and then work through the list before saving.
If you lease your box with ThePlanet, then THEY are your host and YOU are your admin 🙂
Also, why are you changing the dates once a year? That seems … Strange and counterproductive
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WDJD
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That’s technically correct in one sense, that they provide the bandwidth, and the hardware, but I have 100% full control over my server and they have none unless I ask them to do something, so no, for the context of this conversation, _I_ am the host.
I am changing the dates because there’s a year’s worth of podcasts that repeat each year, and they are set to release at scheduled times.
Technicalities. As long as they control bandwidth, they remain the host, and you the server admin 🙂 But. I would, instead of editing posts, find a way to edit my THEME to show the right post for the DAY, and hide the year, in that case. Save yourself work.
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WDJD
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I appreciate your help, thank you.
