Title: Memory Usage Exceeded Help
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Memory Usage Exceeded Help

 *  Resolved [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/)
 * I’ve installed the TPC memory usage plugin and it’s reporting that my php has
   a limit of 128M but wordpress has a limit of 32M. I’ve added the line to bottom
   of the wp-config.php file:
 * define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128M’);
 * When I update some plugins, or try to upgrade wordpress itself, it freezes at
   the downloading bit and gives me and error in the server logs that the memory
   has been exceeded.
 * Any ideas? I’ve been searching for the solution for weeks on here and using search
   engines. Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803381)
 * Ok, update…
 * I’ve changed the default-constants.php file in wp-includes to set the memory 
   limit to 128M. This is now showing up correctly in the TPC memory usage plugin,
   however there is still no progress on the wordpress update – it still freezes
   at downloading and the server log tells me that it’s exceeded the 32M allocated
   to it…
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803393)
 * Some hosts don’t allow memory allocation changes via wp-config or other WP files.
   They have a global php.ini file that you can’t override. Who is your host? Might
   be time to find another.
 *  Thread Starter [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803398)
 * Thanks for your quick response!
 * That’s good info, but what confuses me is that the phpinfo shows up as 128M limits??
 * My host uses Heart Internet – their standard limits are 128M… it’s just for some
   reason WordPress is stuck at 32M.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803420)
 * Change the memory limit in your account php.ini, if you have one. Don’t change
   default-constants.php. Don’t trust a plugin, but phpinfo should be accurate. 
   But your host may be reporting false memory amounts. They look like a cheap reseller.
 *  Thread Starter [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803560)
 * This is really weird. Is there any sure fire way to check on the allowed memory
   limit? I’ve changed the limit in php5.ini and it’s all reporting fine in phpinfo.
   If it’s reporting false information, how do we find out??
 * Thanks again.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803561)
 * Ask your host; they probably have global limits on php for all of their shared
   servers. Shared hosting accounts are very limited.
 *  Thread Starter [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803562)
 * Thanks, will do!
 *  Thread Starter [danoneil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danoneil/)
 * (@danoneil)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803563)
 * Ok, so update from them…
 * Had to add the following to end of htaccess as well as the php5.ini additions…
 * RLimitMem 128000000
 * Now all working!
 * Anyone else with heart internet who is experiencing this memory usage limit exceeded–
   you have to add a line to php5.ini (or php.ini) as well as the one above in htaccess.
 * Thanks for all your help with this songdogtech.
 *  [prettypea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prettypea/)
 * (@prettypea)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-usage-exceeded-help/#post-1803689)
 * Thanks for info so far I don’t know if you guys are still listening
 * I’m a bit of a WP beginner so forgive me if I say something silly.
 * I read lots of threads and I tried everything I saw to fix this problem. Changes
   to wp-config, wp-settings didn’t seem to help. Any changes I made to the htaccess
   file I get a “Internal Server Error” so I changed it right back again.
 * what worked for me
    1) created a new php.ini in wp-admin include a line memory_limit
   = 256M (I couldn’t find a php.min on my server) 2) changed the default-constants.
   php file in wp-includes to set the memory limit to 128M
 * songdogtech- you said “Don’t change default-constants.php”. As this is the only
   thing that worked I wonder if you could explain why I shouldn’t do this?

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