Maximum post count?

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Is there a point where the number of posts automatically rolls back to zero after reaching a certain number?

haha its not a car odometer, but I think Alex would set you back if you asked, when do you think you will reach 25000.

I was just curious.

Well, I imagine if your number of posts exceeded 2^(total number of bits in the entire internet), then there would not be enough space to represent the number and it would be necessary to re-set it. Of course, the actual maximum will be much lower than this, as we must take into account the space taken up by the posts themselves, and also the fact that much of the available space on the internet is already taken up by other stuff.

I don't think your post count rolls back, but you may need maintenance.

Your mileage may vary.

It depends on the data type used to store post counts in the database. Typical data types and maximum positive values are:

int16 = 32767

unsigned short = 65,535

unsigned integer = 4,294,967,295

unsigned long = 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

So the worst case scenario would be 32,767 posts maximum. If you exceeded the maximum value one of several things would happen:

1) WP would crash!

2) Your post count would go back to zero.

3) Your post count would go large and negative e.g. to -32,766

4) The count may be programmed to only be incremented by one if it is less than the maximum value, in which case you would hit the maximum and the count would never go beyond that.

Most likely unsigned integer value 2^32-1.

You still have a long way to go.

I've seen some posters get to a million posts before (and legitimately post that much, not actually set at a high number.)

25,000 posts or a new keyboard whichever comes first.

I'm not sure why people are so insistent on posting when they reach a certain number of posts. Maybe every 1,000 posts, then to every 500, although after reaching 10,000 posts, posting a celebration would be similar to making a post about getting another number in sequence. I once posted about this and saw that some people just added to it with "congratulations" without reading what it was about.....

Proof that not everyone reads everything.

Celebrations would be best made using 1K 5K 10K 15K 25K 50K ... rather than just every 500 ...

I am actually planning on "retiring" from WP as of my 25,000th post.