Title: Fatal error: Allowed memory size…
Last modified: June 16, 2017

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# Fatal error: Allowed memory size…

 *  Resolved [hendosdad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hendosdad/)
 * (@hendosdad)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-109/)
 * I’m getting this error message with WordPress 4.8
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 73400320 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   7680 bytes) in /mnt/vol3/home/c/h/christ20/public_html/wp-admin/includes/theme.
   php on line 20
 * It has happened several times but the line number at the end will vary.
 * Typically, it happens activating a newly installed plugin.
 * Sometimes it immmobilses all functions from the Admin control panel. Other times
   it will allow some but not all functions to work I’m guessing that this is because
   it gets executes more of theme.php than on other occasions.
 * Can anyone give me a pointer as to where to start looking to get this resolved.
 * Theme is twentysixteen
 * I have the following plugins installed:
    Askimet (preloaded, but not activated)
   Contact Form 7 M1.Download List NextGen Gallery Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage
   or Custom Page Very Simple Event List
 * I tried to install Yoast SEO but it hit the fatal error. However, the Fatal Error
   has occurred when trying to install other plugins too but I had just assumed 
   that there was a problem with them. However, I can’t see Yoast allowing such 
   an error to get away undetected
 * Can anyone point me in the right direction?
    Thanks

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-109/#post-9236179)
 * Try reviewing this codex for some guidance for [increasing memory ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP)
   available for php.
 *  Thread Starter [hendosdad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hendosdad/)
 * (@hendosdad)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-109/#post-9330107)
 * Thank you for your help which pointed me in the right direction.
 * Apologies for my belated acknowledgement of your help. At the time I got embroiled
   with finding a solution and hadn’t realised I’d left this post open.
 * For the record, in case others also get this error, I approached the company 
   hosting my website and they increased the memory for me.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-109/#post-9330624)
 * No problem 🙂
 * Glad you got it sorted 🙂

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-109/#post-9330624)
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