Fix: WordPress Memory Exhausted Error – Increase PHP Memory

Tried placing this at the end of the wp-config.php and didnt work.

However, placing it on top right after the <?php tag worked. Hooray!

this was a great help, but as you noted it could easily be a plugin, or as someone mentioned it could be a memory leak.

And as others have pointed out, there are memory settings for a reason, some hosts will cut your services if you try to circumvent them.

Is there a way to check on what's eating memory?

I'll be searching, but this is something that should be listed under related posts, or as a note and link at the end regarding one of the "numerous solutions for it". Going for the "simplest one" might get you through the day, but is may not be a good long term solution as it may cover up the real problem and delay the inevitable.

hi.i tried to adjust memory limit and got this error

'Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home/amanerdm/public_html/beaverealty.com/wp-config.php on line 62'

pls help fix this.thanx.

Thank you for this post... I had a couple of category / archive query pages that were throwing this error after I upgraded to WordPress 3.1. I was just about to re-write the queries until I found your post in a Google search.

You saved me a lot of work and headaches :)

I ended up having to switch hosting companies because I couldn't get my current one to increase the memory from 32MB to, well, anything more. Pretty sad. Took a bit of hassle to transfer three Wordpress sites (and multiple other sites), but it was worth it. My current host offers 128MB and my sites are working SO much better. I can actually add plug-ins.

Hello
I tried the fix by adding the line immediately after the opening >php tag (line 1)
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

It did not work for me BUT
I placed the line with comments for my own use on (as it happens) line 22 and it worked.

I am testing this procedure on a test WP site using Twentyten 1.2 Theme

/home/par*****/public_html/wp-config.php

Line 22 /** WP memory limit Note it does not work when placed immediately after line 1 */
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

This trick doesn't work for me ever since WP 3.

what I found worked was to create a PHP.INI file in the wp-admin folder with the line:

memory_limit = 128M

(or whatever you want to make it)

I tried this, but my host limits it to 32 megs. Can anyone recommend a good host for WP, because I'm going to have to change. Thanks!

I put that line at the very top of the file (wp-config.php) and it worked!

i also got the same warning when i activated too many plugin

I have done the trick but seems like nothing happened. The error keep showing so can you suggest other solutions?

Great article. A brand new plugin that may soon find its way on to this list is Cobalt WP Boost.

Check it out here:
http://frugaltheme.com/about/cobalt-wp-boost-plugi...

It allows blog owners to raise their WordPress Memory Limits with a couple of mouse clicks, as well as showing at-a-glance memory usage information. WordPress keeps its internal memory limit at 32MB, which is fine for a small-time blog; but if you’re trying to add any robust plugins for social networking or ecommerce applications, 32M will not suffice. This problem can only be expected to worsen with the release of 3.0 which, judging from the beta release, will consume a lot more memory itself without upping the 32MB limit.

Just remember that if the problem is a memory leak (either in PHP itself or in some library that is used by a plugin), this will merely delay the occurence.

Before you change the memory limits, you should ensure that you're using the most up-to-date versions of any plugins. Be sure you are running the newest version of WP. If your host offers multiple versions of PHP, be sure you're using version 5.

Your hosting service may have preset limits on memory usage. If your editing causes you to exceed those limits, your service may be suspended or canceled without warning.

I would like to try it! Thanks for the trick.

I think the better way is to put this limit in wp-setting.php file where this memory limit already described as 32M, just changed that value to 64M.

Awesome trick. Is that same with PHP memory limit?

I think that this might fix an issue I've been having with my site. I just can't figure out where the main php table is in the wp-confip.php to place the line.

Thanks!