Title: memory limit problems while scanning Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # memory limit problems while scanning * [Mylander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mylander/) * (@mylander) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-limit-problems-while-scanning/) * hi i have memory limit problems. —————- FATAL ERROR: : Out of memory (allocated 60293120) (tried to allocate 36 bytes) * [Dec 14 00:23:57] Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 60293120) (tried to allocate 36 bytes) in /…/plugins/wordfence/lib/wordfenceHash.php on line 327 * this happens while i scan: * my system configuration: memory_limit 256M 120M * —————- * Wordfence Memory benchmarking utility version 5.3.3. This utility tests if your WordPress host respects the maximum memory configured in their php.ini file, or if they are using other methods to limit your access to memory. * –Starting test– Current maximum memory configured in php.ini: 256M Current memory usage: 22.75M Setting max memory to 90M. Starting memory benchmark. Seeing an error after this line is not unusual. Read the error carefully to determine how much memory your host allows. We have requested 90 megabytes. * Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 59244544) (tried to allocate 36 bytes) in /…/wordfence/lib/wordfenceClass.php on line 2345 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/) * (@wfsupport) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-limit-problems-while-scanning/#post-5575197) * Hi * This is a pretty common error for wordpress sites. It all depends on how many plugins you are running, what they do, the theme, etc. Here’s a good explanation and how to fix it. * [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/PHP_Fatal_error:_Allowed_memory_size%3F_What_does_that_mean%3F](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/PHP_Fatal_error:_Allowed_memory_size%3F_What_does_that_mean%3F) * tim Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘memory limit problems while scanning’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordfence/assets/icon.svg?rev=2070865) * [Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/reviews/) ## Tags * [fatal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal/) * [limit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/limit/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/) * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-limit-problems-while-scanning/#post-5575197) * Status: not resolved