Title: Using up available memory Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Using up available memory * [tinagray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinagray/) * (@tinagray) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/) * Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me? * A little while ago my server said that I was using too much of the resources on the hosting package I was on and basically forced me to buy a VPS hosting hosting package which is now costing me around $35 mth. * Now my blog keeps going down and they are telling me that it’s because I am using up all the available memory and are expecting me to go up to the higher VPS package. * My blog is not that popular so I don’t get that much traffic and I don’t know any blogger that is paying more than $15 a month for hosting! * They sent me the following: * Call Trace: [] out_of_memory+0x8b/0x203 [] __alloc_pages+0x27f/0x308 [] __do_page_cache_readahead+0xc6/ 0x1ab [] filemap_nopage+0x14c/0x360 [] __handle_mm_fault +0x442/0x1445 [] ep_poll_callback+0x64/0x8b [] __wake_up+0x38/0x4f [] do_page_fault+0xf7b/0x12e0 [] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x9/0x14 [] __up_write+0x27/0xf2 [] error_exit+0x0/0x6e * Your server consumed all available memory * So as Yuri said before “you can upgrade your VPS to the higher one, or you (or your support team) can try to optimize your scripts to prevent the same issue in future” * I was wondering whether something was wrong with my template or plugins or SOMETHING. * I don’t have any money to pay someone to have a look but I was hoping someone would be kind enough to help me? * Thanks, Tina. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/#post-1768667) * Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause. * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can affect anything, including memory consumption). * Use this plugin to monitor memory usage: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-system-health/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-system-health/) * Thread Starter [tinagray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinagray/) * (@tinagray) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/#post-1768764) * Thanks for that! * I keep getting this error on my dashboard: * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /home/cliwi/public_html/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php on line 13155 * Is this related to the same thing? * Sorry for all the questions! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/#post-1768826) * Yeah, that’s basically confirming that you’re out of memory. * 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. * [H2G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/h2g/) * (@h2g) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/#post-1769019) * Hi there * Along the same lines, I have a problem that will just NOT go away. * I am running WP 3.2.1 with PHP Version 5.2.6. * My PHP.ini file allows me a max of 256M and my wp-config.php contains a limit of 156M. This is also reported by a memory usage plugin: * > Usage Sample: 26.96MB (11%) > Peak Usage: 27.06MB (11%) All-Time: 30.89MB on > 10/11/11 @ 5:23 pm (shutdown) Load Averages: WP Memory Limit: 128M PHP Memory > Limit: 256M * The problem is that WP ignores all my max limits and when I reach something close to 30M, it breaks down as if out of memory and won’t allow me to use my favorite SEO plugin. * All I get are error messages: **Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 31981568)( tried to allocate 184696 bytes) in /home/www/translatetraducciones.com/wp-includes/ functions.php on line 251** * I’ve even got this message when copying it to post it here and at Memory Usage 30.58M/256M * Anybody can help me, please???? Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Using up available memory’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [H2G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/h2g/) * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-up-available-memory/#post-1769019) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics