Title: Fatal error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Fatal error

 *  [Noemy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noemy/)
 * (@noemy)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1866/)
 * Help please, I am not a web developer, I try to learn but don’t know a lot yet.
   
   I have an air message ( see below) that appears when I want to see my website.
   I called my hosting provider and they increased the memory size and said that
   I should check my plugins. Does anyone have an idea please??
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   130968 bytes) in /home/content/p3pnexwpnas06_data01/29/2422129/html/wp-includes/
   formatting.php on line 1458

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1866/#post-6716392)
 * 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 three ways to increase PHP’s memory allocation:
 * 1. If you can edit or override the system `php.ini` file, increase the memory
   limit. For example, `memory_limit = 128M`
 * 2. If you cannot edit or override the system `php.ini` file, add `php_value memory_limit
   128M` to your `.htaccess` file.
 * 3. 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.
 * (in the above examples, the limit is set to 128MB)
 *  Thread Starter [Noemy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noemy/)
 * (@noemy)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1866/#post-6716482)
 * I have deactivated the plugins, also increased the memory.
    The message changed
   anytime I made changes and now it says:
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare woo_exclude_categories_blogtemplate() (previously
   declared in /home/content/p3pnexwpnas06_data01/29/2422129/html/wp-content/themes/
   linen_home_ambiance/includes/theme-functions.php:75) in /home/content/p3pnexwpnas06_data01/
   29/2422129/html/wp-content/themes/linen_home_ambiance/includes/theme-actions.
   php on line 122
 * I really don’t know what to do?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1866/#post-6716484)
 * Ah, now it’s something different. 🙂
 * 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 Twenty Fifteen theme
   to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1866/#post-6716484)
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