Missing old posts

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:23 pm

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  Back on 29th April, I made a post announcing the sad news of the death of our son. As I now scroll down through the main home page, I notice that the post (and perhaps some others) no longer appear. The odd thing is that it appears in all my admin pages and on the mobile ‘Reader’, but not as I scroll down. Please could you help me understand what is happening? The address for the particular post is – https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/our-agonising-loss-of-ben/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:25 pm

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  Go to your Archives widget in your sidebar. Select the correct month of publication and you will find it https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:26 pm

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  P.S. The Archives widget title is “Previous Posts”.

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm

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  I am aware I can find it that way, but I’m perplexed and saddened that it seems to have dropped out of sight as I scroll down. The post I made before it appears and the one after it, but not it itself.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:35 pm

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  If it is missing then please type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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  A factor may be relevant is that as I come to the point scrolling where it should appear, the URL suddenly has the suffix ‘page 3’ added to it. It seems the missing post may be dropping off between pages…?

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:39 pm

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  Thanks for your suggestions, timethief. I’ve done as you suggested.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:42 pm

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  Do you have infinite scroll enabled? See here https://en.support.wordpress.com/infinite-scroll/

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:48 pm

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  Yes, I did have it already enabled

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:55 pm

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  I now notice that there are seven posts (between 23rd March through to 3rd May) that won’t load as I scroll. They appear in the archives and admin pages, but not as I screen scroll.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 7:56 pm

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  Thanks for posting that additional information for Staff. Will you please provide titles or URLs for the missing posts.

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 8:45 pm

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  It seems that the following posts (19 of them) still appear in the archive but have inexplicably disappeared as you scroll down through the page for no particular reason…many posts remain, but the following others don’t….

  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/service-of-thanksgiving-for-ben/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/our-agonising-loss-of-ben/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/facing-uncertainties-with-hope/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/amazing-supply/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/happy-easter/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/sharing-our-need/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/it-doesnt-get-any-worse-than-this/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/snakes-and-ladders/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/normality-and-the-everyday/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/joy-that-seeks-through-pain/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/the-week-that-was/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/a-change-of-scene/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/pin-pricks-of-light/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/walking-into-2015/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/ben-on-sunday/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2014/12/27/an-emergency-today/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2014/12/26/boxing-day-activities/
  https://tracingtherainbowthroughtherain.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/on-the-eve-of-christmas/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2015 at 8:47 pm

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  Thanks so much. The URLs will expedite Staff’s ability to assist you when they get to this thread.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Oct 13, 2015 at 9:37 pm

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  I can replicate the issue. That is very odd!

  So, I have noticed that if you turn off infinite scroll those posts do appear.

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  jemkiwi · Member · Oct 14, 2015 at 12:31 pm

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  Thanks – that seems counter-intuitive, but it’s worked. Under WP Admin/Settings/Reading, I’ve set the number of “Blog Pages to show at the most” to 100, and everything now seems to show. It kind of makes the “Infinite Scroll” option seem a little buggy?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Oct 14, 2015 at 4:32 pm

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  Having a ton of posts can make it be a little buggy, yes. Mostly just because there is so much to load.