Title: max_questions database error Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # max_questions database error * [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/) * Ive looked everywhere and cant really find an anwser to this. For the last week( but not until then) I keep getting an error that my database has been screwed up. * It says that I have reached my max_questions limit of 50000. I havent really added anything to my site or gotten a substantial jump in readers either. So Im not sure what is causing the problem. * I have heard that calling a lot of things like and other code can put a strain on your database. Anyone know if this is true? I was also wondering if the amount of posts showing and/or RSS feeds being sent could have something to do with it? * I dont think this is specifically a wordpress error, but its really starting to shake my nerves. Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214550) * Use phpmyadmin to repair or optimise your database – that may help to a point. * Where exactly do you see this error ? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214552) * Ahh……. Grab this: [http://vapourtrails.ca/downloads/jeromes-query-diagnostics.zip](http://vapourtrails.ca/downloads/jeromes-query-diagnostics.zip) Install that, make the change in the site root ‘index.php’ then post back here? * I think you have the paginate plugin going ? * Thread Starter [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214563) * Usually I will get this error when I go to edit a post. All of a sudden the Loop is gone and this error appears above my header image. * And yes, I am using the paginate plugin…is that a problem? It sounds like it might be…according the ouput from that plugin. * Thanks for the help. Any other ideas of what might be causing this? Paginate might be the culprit, but I want to cover my bases. * Do you guys think having the runPHP plugin could be an issue? I was using it to run smart_archives on a perma page. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214564) * I’d leave the plugin active for a while – it won’t harm and hopefully your thread title will attract someone with better knowledge 🙂 * (Or activate the plugin, grab the results as a text file ?) * Thread Starter [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214572) * Just wanted to let people know that the plugin is running. Just view my page source and its at the very bottom under array. * Here is the output with Page naviagation turned on and off: * [http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output.htm](http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output.htm) * Looking at that though, it doesnt seem like the paginate function is causing any problems…only one more query. Hmmm * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214573) * It’s causing 3 – huge ones. Paste the .htm output into notepad, and be sure to have line wrapping on. Now look 🙂 * Thread Starter [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214574) * Wow. Youre right, thats a lot of stuff. Thanks podz. * So, I guess that looks like the main culprit, huh? Anything else I should check? * Here is the output from the smart archives page also. Holy…might want to disable this also. * [http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output2.htm](http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output2.htm) * And finally, this is the lesterchan pagenavi plugin. Seems cleaner than the wp_paginate one: * [http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output3.htm](http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output3.htm) * Thread Starter [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-214587) * Ok, one more. This one shows the output for the WP standard page navigation * * [http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output4.htm](http://www.4colorrebellion.com/output4.htm) * More queries, but not as bad as the original wp_paginate I was using. * Thread Starter [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * (@nluckett) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-215020) * Just checking back to see if anyone had any other ideas about this problem. I tried using a more efficient pagination method and took the intensive smart archives off, but Im still getting the problem. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘max_questions database error’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [nluckett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nluckett/) * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max_questions-database-error/#post-215020) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics