Title: Fatal error: Allowed memory …
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Fatal error: Allowed memory …

 *  [baia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baia/)
 * (@baia)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/)
 * Just tried to activate w3-total-cache plugin, now both my front page and admin
   page are blank with a memory error message.
 * Added define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’96M’); to my wp-config, to no avail. Also tried
   to rename the w3-total-cache folder, only got the same blank screen this time
   with “W3 Total Cache Error: some files appear to be missing..”
 * So I can’t make anything work AND I can’t remove the problematic plugin either.
 * Please HEEEEEELP

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 *  [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owendevelopment/)
 * (@owendevelopment)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109423)
 * Have you tried removing the plugin via FTP?
 *  [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/)
 * (@duck_boy)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109427)
 * Just remove the folder that contains the plugin – WP will then remove it itself
   if the file that it has listed in a saved option cannot be found.
 * You say you have already renamed it, but that should also work, so I suspect 
   that your problem is more than just one plugin. Perhaps try renaming ALL plugin
   folders and then try – it may be another causing it.
 *  [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/)
 * (@duck_boy)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109428)
 * Also, try renaming your theme folder so that WP reverts to the default theme.
 *  Thread Starter [baia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baia/)
 * (@baia)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109432)
 * I successfully deactivated all plugins via the wp-options table in phpmyadmin.
   Now, even with ALL plugins deactivated and with the default WP theme, my front
   page still says :
 * « Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 262144 bytes exhausted »
 * How in the world is that possible ??
 *  [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/)
 * (@duck_boy)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109455)
 * You may need to look more in to the PHP.ini side of things – do some google searchs
   for this and focus more on that side rather than WP, as it is unlikely to be 
   WP causing that error.
 *  Thread Starter [baia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baia/)
 * (@baia)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109477)
 * Hmm if it was a PHP issue rather than a WP issue, the other blogs I have on this
   same host would have problems too no ? Yet this blog is the only one displaying
   this error message !
 *  Thread Starter [baia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baia/)
 * (@baia)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109515)
 * Ok I had forgotten a newly created php.ini with a 64M of memory defined there.
   Should help but apparently it didn’t, I deleted it and now it works o_O
 * Thanks for your replies anyway !

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [baia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baia/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-2/#post-2109515)
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