Title: Memory Errors Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Memory Errors * Resolved [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/) * I receive this error on activating: * _The plugin generated 508 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin._ * Then I receive this error in the Shortcode Builder: * _Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 262144000 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 87 bytes) in …/wp-includes/meta.php on line 778_ * (All plugins disabled using default WP theme) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-load-more/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-load-more/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129454) * Hi Austin, This is strange, how many plugins did you have installed? And you’ve never seen this error before? What if you de-activate all plugins except for Ajax Load More? * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129518) * As I indicated above, all my plugins where disabled and I tried several themes including the default WordPress themes. I also tried downloading/uploading from both the WP admin and via FTP several times to insure the files did not become damaged upon download. I have not seen this error before and I did not have your plugin installed before. We have 4 servers with Rackspace so we have a ton of memory and power. (Ajax Load More v2.1.1 WP 3.9.1) * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129546) * I had one of our developers on the other side of the world try this on a independent setup and they received the same errors. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129560) * That’s unfortunate, I’m not sure how I can debug this as I haven’t had anyone else mention this on here or the GitHub repo. * I guess it’s possible there is a memory leak somewhere… Any chance you would provide me access to your servers (FTP and WP?) * If so, my email is darren.cooney [@] gmail [dot] com * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129700) * The cause of this error is because we have over 5000 posts and over 7000 tags. Your plugin is trying to load all the tags in the drop-down menu in the options page. Even people with a couple hundred tags could get this error, depending on their server. * You need to add “lazy loading” for the tag list. So it only loads 20 or so at a time. Or better yet, loose the drop-down and just use a text field that will take a comma separated list of tags. * If you have a solution to this issue I will gladly buy you extensions. * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129701) * It wasn’t the tags (although that didn’t help) it was the authors. We have over 50,000 members that it was trying to load in that drop-down. After removing it from the shortcode-builder.php (lines 208 – 226) the error went away. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129702) * Oh wow. That’s really interesting, I didn’t really think about a site with that may authors or tags. * I’ll have to think about a way to handle this going forward. * Thanks for posting back about this! * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129703) * I have seen plugins that use something like infinite scrolling to load items in a dropdown. However if you have thousands of users, tags, etc. it may be a pain to load them all to find the one you want. * Another choice would be to just query those that have permissions to post (authors, admins, etc.). We only have about a dozen of those. * Having said that, I think you should just keep it simple by using a comma separated list. Like you do for the “Exclude” field. * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129705) * So after downloading your new update I’m guessing you have no plans on fixing this? * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129706) * Wasn’t on the road map for this release, but possible in a future release – this plugin isn’t my full time job, so please cut me some slack if I don’t get to your request immediately 🙂 * Also, I have to take into account the other users of the plugin, you are the first user to bring this issue up so I’m not seeing this as a serious issue. * That said, in the meantime you could always modify the shortcode builder to suit your needs, the file is in /ajax-load-more/admin/shortcode-builder/ * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129707) * Just wondering. You had marked this issue resolved. * I was waiting to buy the add-on. If it was not for that I would not even have mentioned the request a second time. I’m not one to complain about something offered for free, but because you are charging for the add-on I would want it to work without having to hack it (even though you are charging a fair price). * I just thought it would be an easy fix that should not effect any current operating plugins. I may have been the first user to have the amount of members/tags to pinpoint the issue. However that does not mean it is not taxing the servers of others to something less than a breaking point without them knowing. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129708) * Can you think of an easier way to fix this other than to add lazy loading of cat, tag and author values? * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129709) * The easiest and maybe best way is using a comma separated list. Like you do for the “Exclude” field. * Plugin Author [Darren Cooney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcooney/) * (@dcooney) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129710) * Yea, that’s definitely the easiest way for users who understand category slugs. I’m considering adding a checkbox setting field that would be something like: * [x] Dynamically populate categories, tags and authors in shortcode builder. * If you uncheck it, I could provide a open textfield. * Thread Starter [Austin Nichols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fiq/) * (@fiq) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-errors-1/#post-5129711) * As long as the default is the text-field that could work. I don’t think Categories would ever be an issue unless someone had a very strange way of organizing posts. Although tags and members is one of those things that grow overtime. 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