Take a read through these and see if anyone found a solution that might work for you as well.
Here’s what worked for me, similar to what others have recommended:
add to wp-config.php:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');
I wish I knew what caused the problem initially… suddenly I couldn’t access my backend (wp-admin)… and got the error about allowed memory size exhausted… I disabled some plugins and was able to access the backend. I then renabled plugins except for any that I could live without. However, I was still seeing the message in certain places like in the Dashboard under “wordpress development blog” and “Other WordPress News”… instead of showing the feed data it was just showing the memory error within those boxes. This fix made those errors go away.
Now I just wonder if there’s a way to optimize what I am using to not go over the 32M default limit? Or is there some other error that it’s causing it to go over the 32M limit and what I’ve done is simply applying a band-aid by raising the limit to 64M?
@brmecham thanks for your post,
add to wp-config.php:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');
fixed it for me 🙂
php memory is no big deal – you could set it at 96M and it doesn’t cause a strain on the server or anything
many things can cause excessive php memory usage
too many plugins
server not configured correctly
too many queries in the permalink settings, etc.
that it’s working is the good news
Try turning off some plugins and then upgrade automatically. After it has upgraded WordPress, then turn the plugins back on.
