Title: Crashes my Dev/Computer
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Crashes my Dev/Computer

 *  Resolved [vmkirin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmkirin/)
 * (@vmkirin)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crashes-my-devcomputer/)
 * I was really excited about this plugin – it is versatile and works with the already
   standing framework. However, it completely crashes my computer (where I host 
   developing sites) when used. Specifically, it creates a loop in Apache that overwhelms
   my RAM and locks everything up. Thus, I am rather disappointed. If there is a
   fix, let me know.
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crashes-my-devcomputer/#post-3521763)
 * The only loop this plugin creates are ones that you create. In other words, if
   you have 100,000 posts and run [display-posts posts_per_page=”100000″], then 
   yes, it can overwhelm your server.
 * Can you describe how you’re using the plugin? What’s the specific shortcode you
   typed? Have you made any changes or extensions to it? Are there issues when the
   plugin is active but you haven’t typed the shortcode?
 * I’ve never experienced any issues similar to what you describe.
 *  Thread Starter [vmkirin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmkirin/)
 * (@vmkirin)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crashes-my-devcomputer/#post-3521951)
 * I didn’t use a terribly long code. I asked for the latest 5 posts, plus thumbnails
   and just excerpts. It then looped, using all my computers RAM to the point of
   a crash. Very strange.
 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crashes-my-devcomputer/#post-3521959)
 * Strange, that doesn’t sound like an issue caused by this plugin. It sounds like
   there was an infinite loop somewhere (I don’t think you can make this plugin 
   do an infinite loop)

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## Tags

 * [apache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/apache/)
 * [Crash](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/crash/)
 * [development site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/development-site/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crashes-my-devcomputer/#post-3521959)
 * Status: resolved