{"id":452,"date":"2021-07-17T21:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T12:34:44","slug":"fix-wordpress-memory-exhausted-error-increase-php-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wordpress\/fix-wordpress-memory-exhausted-error-increase-php-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: WordPress Memory Exhausted Error \u2013 Increase PHP Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you seeing an allowed memory size exhausted error in WordPress? This is one of the most\u00a0common WordPress errors, and you can easily fix it by increasing the php memory limit in WordPress. In this article, we will show you how to fix WordPress memory exhausted error by increasing PHP memory.<\/p>\n

What is WordPress Memory Exhausted Error?<\/h4>\n

WordPress is written in\u00a0PHP, which is a server-side programming language. Every website needs a\u00a0WordPress hosting\u00a0server for it to function properly.<\/p>\n

Web servers are just like any other computer. They need memory to efficiently run multiple applications at the same time. Server administrators allocate specific memory size to different applications including PHP.<\/p>\n

When your WordPress code requires more memory than the default allocated memory, you get to see this error.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\n
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2348617 bytes) in \/home4\/xxx\/public_html\/wp-includes\/plugin.php on line xxx<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

By default, WordPress automatically tries to increase PHP memory limit if it is less than 64MB. However, 64MB is often not high enough.<\/p>\n

Having said that, let\u2019s see how to easily increase PHP memory limit in WordPress to avoid memory exhausted error.<\/p>\n

Increase PHP Memory Limit in WordPress<\/h4>\n

First you need to edit the\u00a0wp-config.php file\u00a0on your WordPress site. It is located in your WordPress site\u2019s root folder, and you will need to use an\u00a0FTP client\u00a0or file manager in your web hosting control panel.<\/p>\n

Next, you need to paste this code in wp-config.php file just before the line that says \u2018That\u2019s all, stop editing! Happy blogging.\u2019<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\n
define( <\/code>'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT'<\/code>, <\/code>'256M'<\/code> );<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This code tells WordPress to increase the PHP memory limit to 256MB.<\/p>\n

Once you are done, you need to save your changes and upload your wp-config.php file back to your server.<\/p>\n

You can now visit your WordPress site and memory exhausted error should disappear now.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong>\u00a0If this solution does not work for you, then this means your web hosting service provider does not allow WordPress to increase PHP memory limit. You will need to ask your web hosting provider to increase your PHP memory limit manually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n