Reader suddenly only shows 3-4 posts & won't update
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I didn’t intentionally make any changes that should have affected my Reader, but starting this morning I’m only able to see about a half-dozen posts. I want to go back to being able to scroll as far back as I have to so i won’t miss anything but when i get new posts the older ones disappear from my feed so i only see 6.
Sorry, i have a feeling i’m not describing this very well . . .
Help?
Thanks!
CharleyThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there!
Thanks for your quick reply!
I updated firefox to 23, enabled HTTPS and checked that the rest of the settings are okay (they are/were) but still can only see the most recent 6 posts from the 100+ blogs I follow.
I haven’t gotten any error reports, i just can only see 6 posts in my reader; when a new one comes in, the last one drops off.
My Twitter account was hacked today, could someone be in my WP changing settings? Is there a place to specify only a certain number of posts can show up on that section of the Reader?
I hope you can help me fix this.
Thx!
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My Twitter account was hacked today, could someone be in my WP changing settings?
I don’t believe these two issues are related but it’s better to be safe than sorry about security issues.
Go to your email program immediately and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs.
1. If you can log-in go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.
2. Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
3. Disable post by voice > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-voice/
4. Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
5. Use a secure, encrypted connection to connect to your Dashboard. Under Users → Personal Settings, check the box that says “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages, and click Save Changes.
6. Set up two step authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/
Then read this please knowing that blogs don’t get hacked when security protocols are followed. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/
I’ll tag this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.
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Thanks again–doesn’t look like anyone got into my WP account so i’ll wait for a staffer to help.
I already changed my pw on all accounts that were connected to that Twitter account, but thanks for the reminder. :)
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Do you also encounter this issue in a different browser? for example Internet Explorer or Google Chrome?
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Yes, it was the same using IE on my laptop (W8) but not on my netbook that’s still running XP.
Thanks!
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Is there a control somewhere that I can update to show unlimited messages/posts in my Reader? I’ve looked & looked but can’t find one.
This is very frustrating; during busy times i can only see posts from the last 15-30 minutes!
Thanks!
Charley -
I can’t seem to reproduce the issue from your account. Do you also encounter this issue on your other computer?
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Nope, my netbook doesn’t have that problem. Only my new laptop when i use Firefox or IE. I tried Chrome last night and it seems to work just fine (but it’s Chrome, so . . .)
I’d rather resolve the issues with WP/FF on this PC than always have to open Chrome to use my Reader, because you know that won’t happen as often. Just to be clear, the Reader was working fine with my new laptop + FF until this week & updating to FF23 didn’t help.
I was hoping there was a setting regulating how many posts to see on the Reader–kind of like when you’re shopping and can view 16 items at a time or “view all”? No?
Thanks for helping, i really appreciate it!
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I was hoping there was a setting regulating how many posts to see on the Reader–kind of like when you’re shopping and can view 16 items at a time or “view all”? No?
No there’s no option, the reader uses infinite scroll and as long there are posts available you can just scroll and new posts load automatically.
Anyway, it sounds like the browser is definitely the issue here. Did you follow all steps timethief’s mentioned earlier? especially disabling browser extensions and add-ons?
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