Title: Error when using automatic upgrade feature
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error when using automatic upgrade feature

 *  [nyunyu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nyunyu/)
 * (@nyunyu)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/)
 * Got this error.
 * Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip).
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   2357046 bytes) in /home/xxx/public_html/wp-includes/http.php on line 1331
 * Please advice.

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 *  [metalmd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metalmd/)
 * (@metalmd)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/#post-1175210)
 * In your wp-settings.php file on line 13 change WP_MEMORY_LIMIT from 32M to 64M.
   I think even bigger might work, but 64M has worked for me.
 *  [kholilal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kholilal/)
 * (@kholilal)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/#post-1175293)
 * If you receive an error trying to activate your product automatically or using
   the automatic update feature, you maybe behind a firewall/proxy server which 
   is preventing the process from completing successfully. We have accomodated an
   alternate method for both so you do not have to change your system settings.
 * 
 *  [adamd1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamd1/)
 * (@adamd1)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/#post-1175318)
 * I just did a complete file-by-file update from my old version (2.7.1) to the 
   latest (2.8.4)
 * Main index was blank.
    Admin console fails and also shows nothing but a blank
   page.
 * I re-re-uploaded all the old files, but now it’s giving me errors regarding the
   admin dashboard file.
 * Upgrade failed completely and my site is only semi-functional.
 * This has been a nightmare and I can’t seem to get my site back to functional 
   status.
 * ADDITIONALLY!
 * The new config-sample file did not feature any closing php tags.
 * I am of the belief that this upgrade is incomplete.
 * I did back everything up but clearly the upgrade process is not working at all.
 * DO I now need to start from scratch including a full reinstall of all custom 
   images, widgets, templates, themes, etc.?
 * I am now entering hour #3 of this. HELP!
 * ad
 * —
 * UPDATE
 * I reverted back to the original and am attempting the automated install. I would
   like to recommend that this process include separate ftp and database connection
   credentials. By default it pre-populates with the database credentials, which
   in nearly every case I have ever seen will be totally different from those used
   for ftp.
 * I still appreciate any kind of feedback. This upgrade definitely appears to have
   been rushed out without proper QA.
 * ad
 *  [mrwordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwordpress/)
 * (@mrwordpress)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/#post-1175339)
 * I was having the same issue and did exactly what “**metalmd**” posted above and
   it worked perfectly. It took less than 2 minutes.
 * > In your wp-settings.php file on line 13 change WP_MEMORY_LIMIT from 32M to 
   > 64M. I think even bigger might work, but 64M has worked for me.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-using-automatic-upgrade-feature/#post-1175339)
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