Potential memory allocation issue

  • Resolved p15h

    (@prestonwordsworth)


    8 months, 3 weeks ago

    Thank you for creating this most useful plugin!

    I’m not actually sure TablePress is the issue here. But since it got mentioned in the log of php-fpm, I wondered if this suggests a possible culprit to you:

    [20-Sep-2025 06:14:53 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 4295229440 bytes) in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-includes/theme.php on line 325
    Stack trace: 0 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/libraries/freemius/start.php(105): get_template()#1 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/tablepress.php(62): require_once(‘…’) 2 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/tablepress.php(92): tb_tp_fs()#3 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-settings.php(545): include_once(‘…’) 4 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-config.php(111): require_once(‘…’) 5 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘…’) 6 /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(22): require_once(‘…’) 7 {main}

    The 4GB memory it tried to allocate is puzzling.

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  • Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge

    (@tobiasbg)

    8 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi,

    Thanks for your post and sorry for the trouble!

    Indeed, it’s most likely not TablePress itself that’s causing this: TablePress is not allocating 4GB memory itself! What you are seeing here is that the limit that is defined in the PHP configuration is reached, and this limit is for the sum of all memory that is used, by WordPress, the theme, and all plugins, with all data that is used/loaded during that particular request. TablePress just happens to be the plugin that’s running right at that moment when the limit is reached.

    Now, this doesn’t mean that TablePress is not using PHP memory, of course! Depending on e.g. the size of your tables, it is possible that this plays a role. So, that’s worth checking, and I do recommend using a modern version of PHP, like PHP 8.4, as these need much less memory than older versions.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter p15h

    (@prestonwordsworth)

    8 months, 2 weeks ago

    Thanks! Since TablePress is likely not the issue here, I’m closing the thread until I see it mentioned multiple times in similar situations.

    Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge

    (@tobiasbg)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    Hi,

    yes, if you can pinpoint this on actual memory usage by TablePress, please let me know!

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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