how to process more than 1 image at a time [resolved]

[SteveParticipant]

Symbiostock Lite Version 3.3.0
Symbiostock Pro Version 3.2.0
WooCommerce Version 3.2.6

My image processor URL (https://example.com.au/?c=x&ss_c=xxxxxx) only processes 1 image at a time.

Is there a way to increase the amount of images processed during 1 process?

[mike1Participant]

Steve – I had the same problem and I believe one at a time is the norm. However, by creating a cron job in your website control panel and setting that to run every minute automatically you will soon get through a batch. I uploaded around 500 images recently and left the cron job running all night – all done in the morning. I switch off the cron job when not in use as it is liable to slow the site down I’m told.

If you’re not familiar with cron jobs there are some instructions on the image processing section of Documentation – or let me know and I can help you.

[SteveParticipant]

Thanks Mike,

I’ve set up the cron job in cPanel, and I’ll wait and see.

Cheers.

[mike1Participant]

Are you in the UK Steve? Just interested!

[SteveParticipant]

Perth, Western Australia, Mike.

[mike1Participant]

Ah – too far to pop in for a coffee to compare notes! Happy New Year………….

[SteveParticipant]

🙂

Have a Happy New Year too Mike

[SteveParticipant]

The cron is not processing new images into drafts.

Only manually running my processor links (https://example.com.au/?c=x&ss_c=xxxxxx) processes new images into drafts.

I copied the cron command from Symbiostock > Settings > System, and pasted into cpanel as a 1 minute interval job.

[mike1Participant]

The only thing I can suggest Steve is that it can take a few minutes for the cron job to kick in. I find the same with the manual processor in “Settings”. I often find if uploading say a single or image or two it’s quicker to do it manually rather than edit the cron job. Manually can sometimes take several goes to open a page that says “1 image processed” etc.

Maybe leave the cron job running for say 15 minutes and then have a look?

Also – just a thought – images must be FULLY edited (as opposed to “quick edit”) the first time and assigned a category, otherwise they don’t don’t show up

[RobinKeymaster]

mike1 wrote:

Also – just a thought – images must be FULLY edited (as opposed to “quick edit”) the first time and assigned a category, otherwise they don’t don’t show up

This is not true. Images must just be published to show up on the front end. Quick edit and full edits make no difference.

If it is manually running but not running via the cron then your cron is either not triggering, or it is triggering in an environment with insufficient memory or resources. If it is running manually then the processor is definitely working.

[RobinKeymaster]

Also Steve – you should upgrade your Symbiostock versions – you are also running a version of WooCommerce that is not thoroughly tested and supported with Symbiostock.

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