Title: Memory error when using shortcode with list=”true”
Last modified: September 20, 2026

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# Memory error when using shortcode with list=”true”

 *  [immewnity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/immewnity/)
 * (@immewnity)
 * [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-error-when-using-shortcode-with-listtrue/)
 * At some point over the past couple months, using the child_pages shortcode with
   list=”true” started causing a fatal error on any page that has it. Looking into
   the Apache error log, I’m seeing that the issue is a PHP error about memory exhaustion,
   referencing line 2324 of class-wpdb.php. There’s no issue if I use the grid view,
   just list view.
 * Running WordPress 7.1.1 and plugin version 2.1.2

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 * Last reply from: [immewnity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/immewnity/)
 * Last activity: [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-error-when-using-shortcode-with-listtrue/)
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