Title: excess memory
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# excess memory

 *  Resolved [EllsWeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellsweb/)
 * (@ellsweb)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/)
 * It seems no matter what I set the memory allowed for scripts to run via php.ini
   this plugin takes all of it. There should be some process where you limit your
   own usage of memory.
 * This seems to be an overly complicated plugin. I have not been able to figure
   out how to get this plugin to work flawlessly. I am not a novice and I can’t 
   figure it out. Uninstalling. Not worth the headache.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/work-the-flow-file-upload/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/work-the-flow-file-upload/)

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 *  Plugin Author [lynton_reed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynton_reed/)
 * (@lynton_reed)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/#post-4782918)
 * EllsWeb,
 * Sorry to hear you are having problems.
 * Can you please be more specific about what your issue is ?
    Are you seeing out
   of memory errors ?
 *  Plugin Author [lynton_reed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynton_reed/)
 * (@lynton_reed)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/#post-4782990)
 * I guess EllsWeb has gone, … but for others reading this thread …
 * A clean installation of wordpress with wtf-fu , 2013 theme , wtf-fu 1.1.5 and
   debug bar shows a total of around 11 Mb of memory usage.
 * Uploading files will of course temporarily consume some memory but that is returned
   once uploads complete.
 * Web host default settings normally allow 40Mb for WordPress and 8Mb for individual
   file uploads.
 * To achieve larger file uploads you can set the the php.ini `upload_max_filesize`
   to a higher value.
 * You can also limit allowed user file upload size with the `max_file_size` (in
   Mb) attribute like this
    `[wtf_fu_upload max_file_size="16"]`
 * Note that the php.ini setting will take precedence though.
 * If anyone is experiencing out of memory problems with this plugin please first
   try deactivating any other active plugins and custom themes (including memory
   testers) and report back so that I can follow up.
 * cheers
 * lynton
 *  Thread Starter [EllsWeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellsweb/)
 * (@ellsweb)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/#post-4783087)
 * Hello, No, I’m not gone, just busy.
 * Actually, I need something I can upload large files with. I have settings via
   server php.ini of 1000mb. I have set the memory to 256mb and then to 500mb and
   with either setting, the plugin takes all the memory.
 * I have tried this both with local install and with hosted install and it doesn’t
   matter. Yes, I have taken everything back to default. And it has the same problem.
 * I have since gone on to use Gravity Forms. It doesn’t give me the multiple complicated
   steps to set up, there is no issue with memory and I have the option to upload
   using chunks, which I don’t see with your plugin. You can close this topic because
   I won’t be using your plugin. Thanks
 * Oh, and I am on a dedicated server, there is no shared hosting issue. Just thought
   I would throw that in just in case that gets brought up. Cheers.
 *  Plugin Author [lynton_reed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynton_reed/)
 * (@lynton_reed)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/#post-4783096)
 * To upload files there is no workflow steps required you simply
    embed something
   like [wtf_fu_upload max_file_size=”16″] in your page. That’s it!
 * Uploads are chunked but no option is supplied to turn that off.
 * Closing this, as there is not enough information here to investigate further.

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 * [Work The Flow File Upload](https://wordpress.org/plugins/work-the-flow-file-upload/)
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 * Last reply from: [lynton_reed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynton_reed/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excess-memory/#post-4783096)
 * Status: resolved