Title: Fatal error when installing plugins
Last modified: April 23, 2017

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# Fatal error when installing plugins

 *  [DWard1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dward1958/)
 * (@dward1958)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/)
 * I am getting this fatal error when trying to install buddypress plugin.
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   77824 bytes) in /home/content/22/13771322/html/cotacachi/wp-admin/includes/media.
   php on line 1725

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057672)
 * – 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.
 * – If increasing memory does not help, then I recommend asking at [https://buddypress.org/support/](https://buddypress.org/support/)
   so the plugin’s or theme’s developers and support community can help you with
   this.
 *  Thread Starter [DWard1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dward1958/)
 * (@dward1958)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057706)
 * I included “define( ‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’ );” in my wp-config file but still
   get the fatal errors. The entire site crashes and I have to delete the BuddyPress
   folder in the plugins folder to get it to come back up.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057721)
 * As I suggested above, if increasing memory does not help, then ask at [https://buddypress.org/support/](https://buddypress.org/support/)
   so the plugin’s or theme’s developers and support community can help you with
   this.
 *  Thread Starter [DWard1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dward1958/)
 * (@dward1958)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057731)
 * thanks
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057747)
 * You are welcome 🙂

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 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-installing-plugins/#post-9057747)
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