Solution for the “Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size” In WordPress.

By Expertwebadvisor | Last Updated: January 17, 2013 | In: Wordpress

In WordPress plugins are the blessing and it is very use full to enhance the functionality of the WordPress, but remember that using of the more numbers of the plugin can cause problem with a website. This can slow website performance or error messages. One common error message experienced in the Wordpress by using many numbers of the plugin on a single WordPress installation is that the Fatal Error: Allowed memory size given below.

Solution for the “Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size” In WordPress.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 79 bytes) in /home/xxx/public_html/xxx/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1542. This error message is due to the activating many large, high-functionality plugins in the single WordPress installation. You can fix this problem easily by using the steps given below:

Step 1. Login your server using the FTP.
Step 2. Download wp-config.php located in the root of your WordPress installation.
Step 3. Open the wp-config.php file in the editor of your choice.
Step 4. Add this line after the <?php tag define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
Step 5. Upload and replace wp-config.php file.

Once this has been done, you should have no problems activating large and many numbers of the plugins. I hope it will help to someone.