oriver

Hi @sterndata

Thank you for the link, I tried the code but it unfortunately caused a critical error, was able to delete the code and found the cause was sbt_exclude_category. I tried adjusting to compensate, but no luck.

I agree the original code I’m using isn’t great, and I wish I could use something else, but for now though it could work like a band-aid. I just don’t know why when it works on the staging site with no errors, that for some reason I have this warning:

key “seed” in /home/…public_html/wp-content/plugins/code-snippets/php/snippet-ops.php(484) : eval()’d code on line 10

on the live site.

Hi @alanfuller

I really appreciate you’re help. I’ve come up with a sort of code that works:

session_start([
'cookie_lifetime' => 86400,
'read_and_close' => true,
]);

add_filter('posts_orderby', 'edit_posts_orderby');

function edit_posts_orderby($orderby_statement) {

    $seed = $_SESSION['seed'];
    if (empty($seed)) {
      $seed = rand();
      $_SESSION['seed'] = $seed;
    }

    $orderby_statement = 'RAND('.$seed.')';
    return $orderby_statement;
}

No duplicates, no errors, but it only randomises the posts when opening a new browser. Do you possibly know what I could do to get it to randomise on refresh and/or new tab?

Also it randomises results, not just categories, which is a shame as I would like to keep the results (search, author, tags) in date or search relevance order. Is there anything I can do to change the code from affecting these?

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by oriver.
• This reply was modified 4 years ago by oriver.

@threadi

Thank you, that’s really appreciated. Will run a scan promptly and check the plugins.

Thanks again.

@adamwood

No errors showing, and disabling plugins haven’t sadly had an effect.

Hi @adamwood

The site isn’t live yet, it’s still being built behind the scenes ready for launch. If it helps I’ve also noticed load up times have become slow, while typing on posts has a very delayed response before appearing.

Any ideas would be more than welcomed

@stevenlinx

Hi,

I’m a bit unsure about adding lines to the wp-config.php file, as I’m not a developer, my knowledge is basic to getting better.

1. With BlueHost, on Shared Choice.

2. It’s been suggested that the PHP settings were too extreme and would have been adding to the problem. I therefore changed it to:

max_execution_time 1200
max_input_time 1200
max-inputs-vars 4000
memory_limit 1028M
post_max_size 128M
session.gc_maxlifetime 1440
upload_max_filesize 128M
zlib.output_compression Disabled

But post images are taking a long time to appear. Do you please have any suggestions as to what I should change these to?

Thank you

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by oriver.

@stevenlinx

1) I’m on a shared hosting plan, max database 5GB

2) I found the file but the two lines were missing. I did find a summary of the PHP settings which states: memory_limit 8192, post_max_size 8192, upload_max_filesize 8192.