Title: Shortcode – Critical Error
Last modified: May 19, 2021

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# Shortcode – Critical Error

 *  Resolved [frgtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frgtech/)
 * (@frgtech)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/)
 * I need to troubleshoot a shortcode, but it gives me a critical error very quickly.
 *     ```
       14:52:39 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 206573568 bytes) in /home1/friscoro/public_html/fishingreport/wp-content/plugins/debug-this/inc/extensions.php on line 350
       [19-May-2021 14:53:02 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 174067712 bytes) in /home1/friscoro/public_html/fishingreport/wp-content/plugins/debug-this/inc/extensions.php on line 350
       ```
   
 * I’ve added a statement to my wp-config, but it didn’t help
    `define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT','
   512M' );`
 * If you press the top level “Debug This” button on the page preview, it gives 
   you a page layout of all the elements. The shortcode I’m using does not show 
   on that page at all even though I have 2 blocks with the same shortcode. A Shortcode
   block, and a Custom HTML block. Both just render the actual shortcode text on
   the preview page, but there is nothing when viewing it with Debug This.

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 *  [Miha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mplusb/)
 * (@mplusb)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/#post-14462242)
 * Hi [@frgtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frgtech/),
 * Thanks for reaching out!
    can you please let me know what plugin/shortcode are
   you trying to troubleshoot?
 * Thank you!
    Mihaela
 *  Thread Starter [frgtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frgtech/)
 * (@frgtech)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/#post-14467372)
 * Hi,
    I actually was able to get the shortcode working. It’s old and unmaintained,
   but it still works.
 * [Product Display for BigCommerce](https://www.thatsoftwareguy.com/wp_product_display_for_bigcommerce.html)
 * So even with it working properly, if I run your plugin I still get the critical
   error.
 *  [beatrice12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beatrice12/)
 * (@beatrice12)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/#post-14480363)
 * Thank you so much for explaining!
 *  I went ahead and opened a ticket regarding this.
    You can follow the progress
   here: [https://github.com/WPChill/debug-this/issues/5](https://github.com/WPChill/debug-this/issues/5)
   We will do our best to solve it in a next update.
 * Thank you for your patience and understanding!
 * Warmly,
    Beatrice.
 *  [Miha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mplusb/)
 * (@mplusb)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/#post-14655099)
 * This topic will be marked as resolved as we have an open ticket on GitHub regarding
   this. Please keep in mind that the ‘resolved’ status is only for this support
   thread, not the issue on GitHub.

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 * Last reply from: [Miha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mplusb/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-critical-error/#post-14655099)
 * Status: resolved