Title: [Plugin: WPDBSpringClean] using way too much memory
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WPDBSpringClean] using way too much memory

 *  Resolved [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/)
 * (@ovidiu)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdbspringclean-using-way-too-much-memory/)
 * as soon as I click the search button of this plugin I find this error in my error
   logs:
 * `[Wed Mar 07 12:30:42 2012] [warn] [client 62.159.242.113] mod_fcgid: stderr:
   PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   27477298 bytes) in /var/www/clients/client1/web3/web/wp-content/plugins/wpdbspringclean/
   grepSearch.php on line 13, referer: http://pacura.ru/wp-admin/options-general.
   php?page=wpdbspringclean/WPDBSpringClean.php`
 * I think 128MB for PHP scripts is usually enough…
    any hints as to how much memory
   this plugin needs to run with i.e. 50,100,150,200 plugins being installed (installed,
   not active)?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpdbspringclean/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpdbspringclean/)

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 *  Plugin Author [wpsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsolutions/)
 * (@wpsolutions)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdbspringclean-using-way-too-much-memory/#post-2614223)
 * Thanks for your feedback. I will investigate this more closely.
 *  Thread Starter [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/)
 * (@ovidiu)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdbspringclean-using-way-too-much-memory/#post-2614339)
 * the memory problem has been solved (for me) in a more recent version of the plugin.
 * the next problem was the plugin timing out while doing its work.
 * it turns out, on my site with 250 installed plugins and 56 active ones it times
   out.
    my max. execution time for PHP scripts is set to 60 seconds.
 *  [psn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psn/)
 * (@psn)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdbspringclean-using-way-too-much-memory/#post-2614380)
 * Hi,
 * I get this error:
 * Error 503 Service Unavailable Service Unavailable Guru Meditation: XID: 1425495200
   Varnish cache server
 * This happens when I perfomr search in page WPDBSpringClean – Delete Unused DB
   Tables.
 * Any idea why this happens?

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