Title: Memory issues with Wordfence
Last modified: August 31, 2020

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# Memory issues with Wordfence

 *  Resolved [shakazulu1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shakazulu1/)
 * (@shakazulu1)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-issues-with-wordfence/)
 * We are seeing major memory leakage/usage from Wordfence when it attempts to run
   scans. And this memory remains utilised until we reboot the server.
 * To illustrate the point, we are seeing Wordfence consume +- 16GB of RAM when 
   it runs scans. The scans fail always and there is little to no debug information
   to see why this is happening, even after following all of the guides. Additionally,
   the memory memory allocation remains utilised until such time as we physically
   reboot the server.
 * We have had to remove Wordfence from our staging and production sites now as 
   a result. Has anyone else seen this behaviour or have any advice to help diagnose
   the issue?

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 *  Plugin Support [WFAdam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfadam/)
 * (@wfadam)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-issues-with-wordfence/#post-13340186)
 * Hello [@shakazulu1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shakazulu1/) and thanks
   for reaching out to us!
 * Has this started happening after any kind of update? Are you seeing any errors
   in your site or server logs? Possibly any PHP errors?
 * Can you send a diagnostic report to **wftest @ wordfence . com**? You can find
   the link to do so at the top of the **Wordfence Tools > Diagnostics** page. Then
   click on **“Send Report by Email”**. Please add your forum username where indicated
   and respond here after you have sent it.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-issues-with-wordfence/#post-13340186)
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