Title: WordPress causing coredumps Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # WordPress causing coredumps * Resolved [mr_cynical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_cynical/) * (@mr_cynical) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/) * I’m running WordPress on a (shared) Linux hosting account, and for some reason it is causing core dumps to appear in my server- at 13meg EACH. The reason I know that WordPress is causing these is that one of the few discernible bits of text (from the gibberish and squares in the file) is WordPress Error. I haven’t changed anything on my WordPress install recently, so does anyone know what could be causing this? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219199) * Server reboot not likely an option? If nothing has changed in WordPress maybe it isn’t WordPress. Can you get to your MySQL database and backup it up? * Can you get phpinfo? See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_Server_Info](http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_Server_Info) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219216) * How often are these dumps appearing ? Where EXACTLY on the server are they appearing? What plugins do you have running ? * Thread Starter [mr_cynical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_cynical/) * (@mr_cynical) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219363) * After I deleted the first batch, two of them appeared inside nine minutes. So I’d guess about one every five minutes until my storage gets maxed (my domain host has since set up a cronjob to delete them that runs every five minutes). * Plugins: Bad Behaviour Blacklist Comment Quicktags ESF 1.0 Feed Fancy Excerpt Fancy Tooltips Follow URL Force Word Wrapping Frame Buster Mod-Rewrite Trackback Spam Blocker Official Comments RSD 1.0 Simple Search & Replace Tag Remix * As for the phpinfo, heres what I got, I’ve just copypasted it if that’s OK (file is at [http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/info.php](http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/info.php)): * System Linux server1.dnsblock.com 2.4.30-grsec #1 Wed Apr 20 07:39:42 BST 2005 i686 Build Date Apr 21 2005 14:20:32 Configure Command ‘./configure’ ‘–prefix =/usr’ ‘–with-xml’ ‘–enable-bcmath’ ‘–enable-calendar’ ‘–with-curl’ ‘–with-dom’‘– with-dom-xslt’ ‘–with-dom-exslt’ ‘–with-swf=/usr/local/flash’ ‘–enable-ftp’ ‘– with-gd’ ‘–with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local’ ‘–with-png-dir=/usr’ ‘–with-xpm-dir=/usr/ X11R6’ ‘–with-gettext’ ‘–with-imap’ ‘–with-kerberos’ ‘–with-mcrypt’ ‘–with-mhash’‘– with-ming=../ming-0.2a’ ‘–enable-magic-quotes’ ‘–with-mysql’ ‘–enable-discard- path’ ‘–with-pear’ ‘–enable-safe-mode’ ‘–enable-sockets’ ‘–enable-track-vars’‘– with-ttf’ ‘–with-freetype-dir=/usr’ ‘–enable-gd-native-ttf’ ‘–enable-versioning’‘– with-xmlrpc’ ‘–with-zip’ ‘–with-zlib’ Server API CGI Virtual Directory Support disabled Configuration File (php.ini) Path /home/usrback/Zend/etc/php.ini PHP API 20020918 PHP Extension 20020429 Zend Extension 20021010 Debug Build no Thread Safety disabled Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219372) * Got phpmyadmin ? * Go look at the database WP is in. Look at the sizes of each table. Optimise / repair the tables ( [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/repair/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/repair/)) * Which tables are the biggest ? You didn’t mention where these dumps are being saved on the server. * Thread Starter [mr_cynical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_cynical/) * (@mr_cynical) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219375) * Sorry, they’re being saved in the ‘root ‘of my web-accessible area (/public_html/)- the same directory that I have WordPress in. * EDIT: I’ve done the repair process you linked to, some of those ‘overhead’ numbers were worryingly large. I’ll keep an eye on it and see if any more coredumps occur. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219378) * The overhead numbers do occur, it’s normal – a bit like having to defrag your HD. Look at the overall size of each table – I’m wondering of your host has a setup which causes certain data to be dumped if the db size exceeds a set level. If so, then there may be a way to limit or remove tables. * Thread Starter [mr_cynical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_cynical/) * (@mr_cynical) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219379) * It’s still doing it (after the PHP MyAdmin repair) and the database is only 1.38 megs. I’ll backup my database and try a full, fresh install of WordPress, maybe one of the plugins I had before has screwed something up. * Thread Starter [mr_cynical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr_cynical/) * (@mr_cynical) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219420) * Still don’t have the faintest idea what was causing it, but reinstalling WordPress( although a bit of a pain) seems to have solved the problem * [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-causing-coredumps/#post-219686) * Perhaps you should ask some friends to monkey-proof trial and error parts of the site while you check the serverload. part by part you can determine where the problem is located. 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