Another user had the same issue and the developer replied.
the WPBakery plugin uses a method for tracking images in the image gallery element which is known to choke when adding a lot of images. I did some research in regards and can see users have brought this to their attention before:
The issue is that every image in the element will send a separate AJAX request at the same time to the server when saving. Many servers don't handle such a large number of AJAX requests well and will prevent them all from going through - this will cause some images to disappear from the gallery or other issues. The easiest way to fix it would be to split the gallery up into multiple galleries, each containing less images e.g. 20 or so. Alternatively you could also use the actual portfolio element which is populated through the portfolio post type and will not have this issue. The drawback is it's slower to have to create individual projects rather than bulk selecting images.
You could also raise this with your host again and see if they can do anything about removing the limit of requests going to admin-ajax.php at a given time. I will also raise this issue to the developers of the plugin again, but I don't know how long they will take to refactor the underlying code since there are reports of this going to them from a year ago.
Thanks Scott. The solution they recommend of splitting up in multiple galleries is not a good solution. In image grid style I want the user to be able to go through all images in large when they click on one.
You cannot expect the user to know that after 20 images they should close the last picture, and then scroll down the page and click on the first of the next 20 pictures. Also, this issue is already open for 1 year??? Many websites want to show more than 20 pictures in a gallery.
I realize this is upstream, but perhaps the theme should use another visual editor then?
Thanks for you reply. My experience as a software developer tells me this issue is really low priority then so I should not expect an update soon and better go look for something else.
It's not your fault but only 20 pictures per gallery and we are 2019, soon we will have self driving cars but no 20 pictures per gallery lol.
I cannot add more than 20 images to a image gallery.
All below 20 works, however once I go above that, clicking on 'Add images' just deselects all images and stays open.
How can I fix this?
Hey there,
Another user had the same issue and the developer replied.
the WPBakery plugin uses a method for tracking images in the image gallery element which is known to choke when adding a lot of images. I did some research in regards and can see users have brought this to their attention before:
https://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-page-builder-for-wordpress/242431/comments?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=admin-ajax+image+gallery&from_buyers_and_authors_only=0
(see attached image)
The issue is that every image in the element will send a separate AJAX request at the same time to the server when saving. Many servers don't handle such a large number of AJAX requests well and will prevent them all from going through - this will cause some images to disappear from the gallery or other issues. The easiest way to fix it would be to split the gallery up into multiple galleries, each containing less images e.g. 20 or so. Alternatively you could also use the actual portfolio element which is populated through the portfolio post type and will not have this issue. The drawback is it's slower to have to create individual projects rather than bulk selecting images.
You could also raise this with your host again and see if they can do anything about removing the limit of requests going to admin-ajax.php at a given time. I will also raise this issue to the developers of the plugin again, but I don't know how long they will take to refactor the underlying code since there are reports of this going to them from a year ago.
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Themenectar Support Team
Thanks Scott. The solution they recommend of splitting up in multiple galleries is not a good solution. In image grid style I want the user to be able to go through all images in large when they click on one.
You cannot expect the user to know that after 20 images they should close the last picture, and then scroll down the page and click on the first of the next 20 pictures.
Also, this issue is already open for 1 year??? Many websites want to show more than 20 pictures in a gallery.
I realize this is upstream, but perhaps the theme should use another visual editor then?
Is there any estimated date of fixing this issue?
Hi there,
We do not have a, but we will update you as soon as a solution is found.
Sorry about the inconvenience caused.
Kind Regards
Themenectar Support Team
Hey Scott.
Thanks for you reply. My experience as a software developer tells me this issue is really low priority then so I should not expect an update soon and better go look for something else.
It's not your fault but only 20 pictures per gallery and we are 2019, soon we will have self driving cars but no 20 pictures per gallery lol.
Any updates so far?