Title: Admin Fatal error
Last modified: March 19, 2018

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# Admin Fatal error

 *  [j4yw4lk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j4yw4lk/)
 * (@j4yw4lk)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/)
 * This happens whenever i try to press any feature in the admin console. I tried
   manually updated wp but it still does this:
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 41943040 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   7680 bytes) in /data/16/2/120/21/2935184/user/3253080/htdocs/wp-admin/custom-
   background.php on line 84

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 *  Thread Starter [j4yw4lk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j4yw4lk/)
 * (@j4yw4lk)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/#post-10091356)
 * heres the site:
    [http://valleylight.org/wp-admin/](http://valleylight.org/wp-admin/)
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/#post-10091370)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (
   theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 * If you have access to your Dashboard’s Plugins page, try deactivating ALL (yes
   all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions
   can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to 
   find the problematic plugin(s).
 *  Thread Starter [j4yw4lk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j4yw4lk/)
 * (@j4yw4lk)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/#post-10091679)
 * Ty. It worked. Now i have a few more errors that ill post in another thread.
 *  [Name Hero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nameherocom/)
 * (@nameherocom)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/#post-10092153)
 * This error can also be corrected by increasing your PHP Memory Limit.
 * _Allowed memory size of 41943040 bytes exhausted_ – Indicated your PHP Memory
   limit is set to lower than 41 MB.
 * A lot of themes nowadays (such as Divi) require a memory limit of at least 128MB.
 * To see exactly what your PHP Memory Limit is:
 * * Create a new file in the root folder of your WordPress installation called 
   info.php
 * * Place the following code inside:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       // Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
       phpinfo();
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 * * Access the file from your web browser (i.e. [http://yourdomain.com/wordpress/info.php](http://yourdomain.com/wordpress/info.php)
 * * Look for memory_limit
 * Depending on what value this is, I would recommend increasing to at least 128MB
   to avoid such errors with future plugins/themes.
 * A lot of web hosts allow you to modify this limit from inside of cPanel or with
   a custom php.ini file inside your /path/to/home.
 * Good luck!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Name Hero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nameherocom/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-fatal-error-2/#post-10092153)
 * Status: not resolved

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