Title: MLA hangs
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# MLA hangs

 *  Resolved [Hydester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hydester/)
 * (@hydester)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/)
 * MLA seems to hang when I try and use it.
 * WordPress’s Media Library handles my 541 images fine in about 10 seconds or so(
   CPU usage peaks to about 50% then job done)
 * But MLA just hangs and never gets there.
 * I am hosting on a Digital Ocean 40Gb SSD disk (20% used) with 2GB memory
 * I have disabled then reactivated MLA, but no difference.
 * Any suggestions??
 * With thanks in anticipation
 * Stephen
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Hydester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hydester/)
 * (@hydester)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628007)
 * Have just tried resetting default settings, but still no joy
    x
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628026)
 * Thanks for your report; I regret the trouble you are having with the Media/Assistant
   submenu screen.
 * You may find your answer in this recent topic:
 * [“Assistant” page is taking too long to start loading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistant-page-is-taking-too-long-to-start-loading)
 * MLA has been used successfully on sites with thousands of images, so 541 shouldn’t
   be a problem. The “where-used” reporting and load time also depends on how many
   pages/posts you have and how many `[mla_gallery]` shortcodes you use. It looks
   like you are just getting started with MLA, so `[mla_gallery]` shortcodes should
   not be a problem; is that right?
 * If disabling the where-used reporting solves your problem I would be very interested
   in knowing why – perhaps I can make a change in MLA to avoid it. If you have 
   the interest and the patience, try letting MLA go for several minutes just to
   see if it eventually does load. You could also try a tool like [Query Monitor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/)
   to see if database activity is an element of the problem.
 * Thanks for any additional information you can provide. Let me know if the above
   suggestions are helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [Hydester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hydester/)
 * (@hydester)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628064)
 * Hi David
 * Thanks for your great support.
    The problem was in the “where-used” reporting.
   In particular, I have narrowed it down to ‘Inserted-in’ which if disabled, sorts
   the problem. Base and Enabled both cause the problem
 * I am using a colourful miasma of plugins to show my images!
 * Including:
    -Essential Grid -New RoyalSlider -PhotoMosaic -PhotoSwiper (a plug-
   in made pretty much for me!) and possibly relevant -No Right Click Images Plugin
 * Happy to help you get to the bottom of the problem, but I am now back on track&
   able to use MLA again, so thank you so much.
 * Will donate now (should have before!)
 * Thanks again!
 * Stephen
 * [http://www.hotelresortphotography.co.uk](http://www.hotelresortphotography.co.uk)
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628146)
 * Thanks for your update with the good news and for the link to your site – beautiful
   work! Thanks especially for your donation in support of the plugin and our Fair
   Trade work.
 * I really appreciate your report that the “Inserted in” reporting was causing 
   the delays. That reporting must search the content of every post/page looking
   for file name(s) of Media Library items. There are three factors that determine
   the amount of work involved:
    1. The number of items displayed on each page of the Media/Assistant screen.
    2. The number of “intermediate size” files generated for each item.
    3. The number of posts/pages in the site.
 * For example, if you display 20 items per Media/Assistant page, have three intermediate
   sizes (thumbnail, medium, large), 50 posts and 10 pages in the site the search
   will look for 20*(3+1) file names in each of 60 post/page content fields.
 * I am marking this topic resolved, but it would help me to know how many pages
   and posts you have and how many intermediate sizes your items have. I am going
   to look at improving the performance of the “Inserted in” reporting. Thanks for
   your help and for your interest in the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [Hydester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hydester/)
 * (@hydester)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628150)
 * Hi David
 * Thanks for this. Believe it or not I only have 23 pages with 16 published.
    It
   is difficult to count the number of images per page, but I suspect an average
   of maybe 60 to 80. Each image seems to have 22 (yes, 22!) variants of its size.
   Not sure how or why these were generated (i.e. so many).
 * Even so, I really did let MLA hang for a LONG time (15 mins?) with no result,
   so with my limited knowledge I suspect there may be something else involved.
 * Thanks again!
 * Stephen
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mla-hangs/#post-6628211)
 * Stephen,
 * Thanks for your additional details. I regret that my explanation wasn’t really
   clear. When I wrote “The number of items displayed on each page” I meant the 
   number of rows in the Media/Assistant submenu table, not the number of images
   per page displayed on the site’s front end.
 * Still, a 15 minute delay with no results is highly unusual; something else must
   be happening. If you have access to the site’s error log, it would be good to
   know if anything’s showing up there.
 * You can add a Settings/Media Library Assistant Debug tab to gain easy access 
   to the error log and some other information. You can find instructions for that
   in this earlier topic:
 * [Bulk Edit Att Category doesn’t update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-att-category-doesnt-update?replies=23#post-7183747)
 * I am happy that your site is working and I know this may be more work than you
   are able to do. I like to get to the bottom of problems like this because it 
   will benefit other MLA users and avoid future problems. Thanks for your help.

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