[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Resize & Thumbnail creation not working

My hosting company BlueHost suggested adding a php.ini file to increase memory size instead of editing the wp-config.php file. I got step-by-step instructions through chat support.

Accomplished with a few well-written steps using the cPanel. They recommend a max memory of 128 MB.

Perhaps this is an alternative to consider as it is button pushing oriented vs code writing/editing. Not sure if it is limited to host providers with cPanel interfaces.

But how do I do it? I’ve tried to figure it out (and tried some different things), but I haven’t been able to do as you write below in the quotation…

Where do I have to set in the lines you have typed?

I changed the file ‘default-constants.php : (the 128M was 64M before and the 64M was 32M before)

// set memory limits
if ( !defined(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’) ) {
if( is_multisite() ) {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128M’);
} else {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
}
}
if ( ! defined( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’ ) ) {
define( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’ );
}

Mike: I am not a programmer, but I’m good at ‘copy and paste’. Everything is already in the file ‘default-constants.php’. The section looked like this :

// set memory limits
if ( !defined(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’) ) {
if( is_multisite() ) {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
} else {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’32M’);
}
}
if ( ! defined( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’ ) ) {
define( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’ );
}

I changed only the numbers, so the section looks like this:

// set memory limits
if ( !defined(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’) ) {
if( is_multisite() ) {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128M’);
} else {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
}
}
if ( ! defined( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’ ) ) {
define( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’ );
}

Hmm…. I have not done the editing in the default-constants file, but the thumbnails still aren’t showing? Very frustrating as the copy-paste went fine (i have doubble checked if I had done it correct…)

Any notes on why it still isn’t working?

You can set your memory_limit to be anything you want via your default-constants.php file but if your host isn’t going to allow the increase, it won’t make any difference. See if your host has methods of their own where you can increase your memory_limit to 128M

bh_WP_fan: Very true. But the change is worth a try.. (for us beginners)

Hello,

I’m sorry to report this, but my bulk thumbnail resizing doesn’t work. I’ve tried to resize one image at a time, but doesn’t work either. Folder’s permisions are set to 777. It seems like a bug, because previous version woked perfectly in this area.

Please, advise.

My server settings are:
Operating System : Linux (64 Bit)
Server : Apache
Memory usage : 33.5 MByte
MYSQL Version : 5.1.59
SQL Mode : Not set
PHP Version : 5.3.3
PHP Safe Mode : Off
PHP Allow URL fopen : On
PHP Memory Limit : 86
PHP Max Upload Size : 50M
PHP Max Post Size : 100M
PCRE Backtracking Limit : 500000
PHP Max Script Execute Time : 7s
PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 )
PHP IPTC support : Yes
PHP XML support : Yes

Graphic Library

GD Version : bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
FreeType Support : Yes
FreeType Linkage : with freetype
T1Lib Support : No
GIF Read Support : Yes
GIF Create Support : Yes
JPEG Support : Yes
PNG Support : Yes
WBMP Support : Yes
XPM Support : Yes
XBM Support : Yes
JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support : No

And after checking my NextGen plugin, these are my results:

Check plugin/theme conflict

No conflict could be detected
ok Test image function

Could create image with 3264 x 2448 pixel
ok Check theme compatibility

Your theme should work fine with NextGEN Gallery

Forgot to say that cannot change PHP limit, becuase it’s set by host provider.

Try to contact your hoster, your script execution time is way too low for any processing script. (PHP Max Script Execute Time : 7s) It should be at least 30 seconds, preferably 60 or 120 seconds.

I changed the file ‘default-constants.php :

Ok, and where is this file usually saved? Which folder? I’m locked in my ftp and looking around, but can’t find it.

Btw.: I’ve contacted my host and got the answer, memory limit is 128. So I should be able to set it in anything lower.

Found the file and changed the Mem-limit, but if I check now via Gallery > Overview > Plugin check it still says “PHP Memory Limit 72”. I get tired. -.-