Title: BackUpWordPress Fatal Error Memory
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# BackUpWordPress Fatal Error Memory

 *  Resolved [markli57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markli57/)
 * (@markli57)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-fatal-error-memory/)
 * Hi, I just purchased the developer plugin, and I have a couple of questions:
 * 1) When I try to run BackUpWordPress to FTP, I get the following error message:
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   322403407 bytes) in /home/ibpnincj/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress-
   pro-ftp/inc/class-ftp.php on line 158
 * Does this mean that the memory size needs to be larger than the backup? If yes,
   this will be unfortunate because I usually work with large backup files, and 
   I do not always have flexibility on the memory size.
 * 2) Since I am putting the FTP credentials into the plugin, does this mean that
   a malicious hacker could delete my off-site backups? Having safe off-site backups
   is one of the key reasons I purchased this plugin.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * (@cuvelier)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-fatal-error-memory/#post-5607999)
 * Hi Mark,
 * I believe we have a thread open in our support system?
 * I’m currently looking into this issue. But I’ll pickup this ticket through our
   intercom system.
 * Cheers,
    Owain
 *  Thread Starter [markli57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markli57/)
 * (@markli57)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-fatal-error-memory/#post-5608000)
 * hi Owain
 * Yes I noticed that this forum is not supposed to support the paid plugins, so
   I re-submitted my question via the plugin support.
 * thanks
 * Mark
 *  Plugin Author [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * (@cuvelier)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-fatal-error-memory/#post-5608038)
 * Hi Mark,
 * Latest version of FTP Extension should fix this, could you mark this as resolved?
 * Cheers!
    Owain
 *  Thread Starter [markli57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markli57/)
 * (@markli57)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backupwordpress-fatal-error-memory/#post-5608039)
 * thanks for your help Owain,
 * Mark

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