Title: Fatal error with pluggable
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal error with pluggable

 *  Resolved [kimberlycreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimberlycreates/)
 * (@kimberlycreates)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/)
 * I hope I’m in the right spot. I’m getting the following fatal error with pluggable.
   php on my web site and can’t figure out my way around it:
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   122880 bytes) in /home3/kimberl2/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line
   354
 * I couldn’t even get into my wpadmin page at first. Finally disabled my plugin
   directory and created a blank one. That got me into the admin but my site is 
   still dead in the water because of pluggable. I did a couple searched but wasn’t
   able to find anything recent that seemed relevant. If I’ve missed it, could someone
   please point it out to me? Otherwise, does anybody know what I need to do to 
   get my site functioning again?
 * Thank you!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732749)
 * If you’re seeing this error either suddenly (no specific task was done to cause
   the error) or frequently, try deactivating all plugins to rule-out a plugin-specific
   issue and try switching themes to rule-out a theme-specific issue.
 * Otherwise, here are four ways to increase PHP’s memory allocation:
 * 1. If you’re using WordPress 2.9.2 or lower, try adding `define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT','
   256M');` to your `wp-config.php` file. If you’re using WordPress 3.0 or higher,
   WordPress automatically does this for a variety of tasks, so there’s really no
   reason to try it in this case.
 * 2. If you can edit or override the system `php.ini` file, increase the memory
   limit. For example, `memory_limit = 256M`
 * 3. If you cannot edit or override the system `php.ini` file, add `php_value memory_limit
   256M` to your `.htaccess` file.
 * 4. If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to temporarily
   increase PHP’s memory allocation on your account. Keep in mind that most decent
   hosting providers allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account, and most decent hosting
   providers allow users to temporarily increase the memory allocation. If your 
   hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting
   provider.
 *  Thread Starter [kimberlycreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimberlycreates/)
 * (@kimberlycreates)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732761)
 * Thank you James!
 * I have been having problems with plugins blowing up this theme (Amazing Grace,
   very pretty theme and I’ve been happy with it otherwise) ever since I installed
   it, so I think I will be looking for a new one after today unless I’m able to
   get #2 or #3 to work. Usually it’s when I install a new plugin, but I haven’t
   installed one in a while now; this just happened out of the blue.
 * Thanks so much again!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732763)
 * You’re welcome!
 *  Thread Starter [kimberlycreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimberlycreates/)
 * (@kimberlycreates)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732773)
 * That did it!! Thanks again! Now I wish I’d checked here sooner, maybe some of
   the other plugins that were blowing up before will work now, but I don’t even
   remember what they were. If they didn’t work, I just deactivated them and moved
   on. Ah well.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732805)
 * I’m glad it worked for you! Just keep a record of which method you used just 
   in case you need to do it again.

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 * [pluggable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pluggable/)
 * [pluggable.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pluggable-php/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-with-pluggable/#post-1732805)
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