[wp-hackers] Limiting number of terms in admin section edit screen

[Christian Foster]

As a follow up it needs to restrict on the post list screen as well as
the quick edit tries to load them all as well...

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Christian Foster
<christian.foster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just imported 27000 taxonomy terms, but the admin screen keeps
> freezing for long periods when editing posts as it tries to load all
> of them into the checkbox list.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to limit the number that appear? It is
> hierarchical, but I would probably prefer the same meta box that you
> get when you have a flat taxonomy and have to type the term in.
>
> I haven't found anything that does this so I might try and wrap it in
> a plugin - I think ideally anyone with a large number would only want
> to select by typing or have a collapsible tree.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>