Title: WPForms lite crashes Back end
Last modified: September 18, 2026

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# WPForms lite crashes Back end

 *  Resolved [mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/)
 * (@mexicangoodfood)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/)
 * Heya,
 * since a couple of days ill get critical errors when i try to open pages in my
   WordPress backend.
 * With plugin deactivated everythings opens normally, if its active I cant enter
   my page overview or cant scroll though my woocommerce order pages.
 * Below is something i was supposed to copy out of WPForms and post in here.
 * thanks for the help
 *     ```wp-block-code
                   ### Begin System Info ###
       ```
   
 * — WPForms Info
 * Lite: Jun 19, 2026 at 12:22pm (GMT)
   Lite Connect: Backup is not enabledPayPal
   Commerce Connection: third_party
 * — Site Info
 * Site URL: [https://mexicangoodfood.de](https://mexicangoodfood.de)
   Home URL: 
   [https://mexicangoodfood.de](https://mexicangoodfood.de)Multisite: No
 * — WordPress Configuration
 * Version: 7.1.1
   Language: de_DEUser Language: de_DEPermalink Structure: /%postname%
   Active Theme: Divi Child Theme 1.0.0Show On Front: pagePage On Front: Home (#
   178)Page For Posts: UnsetABSPATH: /homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/
   MexicanGoodFood/Table Prefix: Length: 5 Status: AcceptableWP_DEBUG: DisabledWPFORMS_DEBUG:
   Not setMemory Limit: 40MRegistered Post Stati: publish, future, draft, pending,
   private, trash, auto-draft, inherit, request-pending, request-confirmed, request-
   failed, request-completed, xlwctydisabled, wc-pending, wc-processing, wc-on-hold,
   wc-completed, wc-cancelled, wc-refunded, wc-failed, wc-checkout-draft, tribe-
   ea-success, tribe-ea-failed, tribe-ea-schedule, tribe-ea-pending, tribe-ea-draft,
   tribe-ignored, wc-pending-wdraw, wc-withdrawn, wc-owb-requested, wc-owb-confirmed,
   wc-owb-rejectedRevisions: Enabled
 * — WordPress Uploads/Constants
 * WP_CONTENT_DIR: /homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/MexicanGoodFood/
   wp-content
   WP_CONTENT_URL: [https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content)
   UPLOADS: Not setwp_uploads_dir() path: /homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/
   MexicanGoodFood/wp-content/uploads/2026/09wp_uploads_dir() url: [https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/09](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/09)
   wp_uploads_dir() basedir: /homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/MexicanGoodFood/
   wp-content/uploadswp_uploads_dir() baseurl: [https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content/uploads](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-content/uploads)
 * — Must-Use Plugins
 * 1&1 Product Subdomain: 1.1.0
 * — WordPress Active Plugins
 * 301 Redirects: 2.85
   Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection: 5.7.2Complianz Privacy
   Suite (GDPR/CCPA) premium: 7.6.5Duplicator: 5.0.3Enhanced Media Library: 2.9.4Germanized
   for WooCommerce: 4.0.11 (needs update – 4.1.3)Germanized for WooCommerce Pro:
   4.3.8 (needs update – 4.3.10)Monarch Plugin: 1.4.14NextMove Lite – Thank You 
   Page for WooCommerce: 2.24.0OMGF: 6.3.10Permalink Manager Lite: 2.6.0Popup Maker:
   1.24.0 (needs update – 1.25.0)Shiptastic for WooCommerce: 5.1.4Smash Balloon 
   Instagram Feed: 6.13.0The Events Calendar: 6.17.5UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore:
   1.26.7WEBKINDER Integration for Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager: 1.11.6WooCommerce:
   11.1.0WooCommerce Delivery & Pickup Date Time Pro: 1.4.94WooCommerce Stripe Gateway:
   11.0.0WP-Optimize – Clean, Compress, Cache: 4.6.1WPCode Lite: 2.3.9WPForms Lite:
   2.0.2WP Menu Cart: 3.1.0Yoast SEO: 28.5
 * — WordPress Inactive Plugins
 * Mailchimp for WooCommerce: 6.2
 * — Webserver Configuration
 * PHP Version: 8.1.34
   MySQL Version: 11.8.8Webserver Info: Apache
 * — PHP Configuration
 * Memory Limit: -1
   Upload Max Size: 64MPost Max Size: 64MUpload Max Filesize: 64MTime
   Limit: 50000Max Input Vars: 5000Display Errors: N/A
 * — PHP Extensions
 * cURL: Supported
   fsockopen: SupportedSOAP Client: InstalledSuhosin: Not Installed
 * — Session Configuration
 * Session: Disabled End System Info ###
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwpforms-lite-crashes-back-end%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19023538)
 * Hi [@mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/) ,
 * Thanks for reaching out, and sorry for the trouble here!
 * I noticed in the system info that your WordPress memory limit is set to 40M, 
   which is quite low. Could you please try increasing it to 256M by adding the 
   following lines to your `wp-config.php` file, just above the line that says “
   That’s all, stop editing”?
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
       define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
       ```
   
 * Once done, please check if you’re still seeing the issue when opening the Pages
   or WooCommerce Orders section.
 * If the issue continues, could you please share the exact critical error message?
   WordPress usually sends this to your admin email with the subject **“Your site
   is experiencing a technical issue”**. The email should include the file and line
   where the error occurred.
 * You can also enable WordPress debugging to capture the error in `wp-content/debug.
   log` by adding these lines to your `wp-config.php` file:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
       ```
   
 * Once you have the error, please share it here and we’ll be happy to take a closer
   look.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/)
 * (@mexicangoodfood)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19025196)
 * so this is the error message i get now. I tried to set it to 256mb in the config.
   php, then my whole backend dashboard was not accessible anymore. So i had to 
   change the file back to the previous state.
 * thanks in advance
 * **Fatal error**: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   20480 bytes) in **/homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/MexicanGoodFood/
   wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php** on line **1347**
 * **Fatal error**: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   32768 bytes) in **/homepages/34/d200606750/htdocs/clickandbuilds/MexicanGoodFood/
   wp-content/plugins/wpforms-lite/vendor/woocommerce/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/
   ActionScheduler_Lock.php** on line **1**
    -  This reply was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by [mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/).
    -  This reply was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by [mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/).
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19026389)
 * Hi [@mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/)
 * Thanks for sharing the error, and sorry that adding the memory limit caused the
   dashboard to become inaccessible.
 * For now, please leave those two memory lines out of your `wp-config.php` file.
   It looks like your server was already allowing more memory, so setting it to 
   256M actually introduced a lower limit.
 * The error is useful, though. It shows that even 256M was not enough and that 
   the memory is being exhausted while loading your WordPress theme files and the
   Action Scheduler library.
 * Could you please go to** WPForms > Tools > Scheduled Actions** and let me know
   roughly how many actions are listed under Pending and Failed, and which ones 
   they are? A screenshot of the list works fine if there are a lot.
 * WPForms and WooCommerce both use Action Scheduler, so this will help us check
   if a large number of scheduled actions could be contributing to the high memory
   usage.
 * Thanks! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/)
 * (@mexicangoodfood)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19027373)
 * Hello, there are currently 7 on failed and 27 pending.
 * the failed ones are :
 * action_scheduler/migration_hook
   <small>ID: 272571</small>Failedaction-scheduler-
   migrationNon-repeating2026-09-16 13:52:12 +0000(6 days 23 hours ago)
    1. **2026-09-16 13:51:12 +0000**
       action created
    2. **2026-09-16 13:52:36 +0000**
       action started via WP Cron
    3. **2026-09-16 13:52:36 +0000**
       action failed via WP Cron: Scheduled action for
       action_scheduler/migration_hook will not be executed as no callbacks are registered.
 * wpforms_email_summaries_fetch_info_blocks
   <small>ID: 272758</small>Failed
    - `'tasks_meta_id' => NULL`
 * wpformsEvery 1 week2026-09-17 21:00:21 +0000
   (5 days 16 hours ago)
    1. **2026-09-18 11:56:51 +0000**
       action created
    2. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron gestartet
    3. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron fehlgeschlagen: Geplante Aktion
       für wpforms_email_summaries_fetch_info_blocks wird nicht ausgeführt, da keine
       Rückrufe registriert sind.
 * action_scheduler/migration_hook
   <small>ID: 272740</small>Failedaction-scheduler-
   migrationNon-repeating2026-09-18 11:35:08 +0000(5 days 1 hour ago)
    1. **2026-09-18 11:34:08 +0000**
       Aktion erstellt
    2. **2026-09-18 11:35:23 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron gestartet
    3. **2026-09-18 11:35:23 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron fehlgeschlagen: Geplante Aktion
       für action_scheduler/migration_hook wird nicht ausgeführt, da keine Rückrufe
       registriert sind.
 * wpforms_process_forms_locator_scan
   <small>ID: 272756</small>Failed
    - `'tasks_meta_id' => 119`
 * wpformsEvery 1 day2026-09-18 11:56:51 +0000
   (5 days 1 hour ago)
    1. **2026-09-18 11:56:51 +0000**
       action created
    2. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron gestartet
    3. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron fehlgeschlagen: Geplante Aktion
       für wpforms_process_forms_locator_scan wird nicht ausgeführt, da keine Rückrufe
       registriert sind.
 * wpforms_process_purge_spam
   <small>ID: 272757</small>Failed
    - `'tasks_meta_id' => 120`
 * wpformsEvery 1 day2026-09-18 11:56:51 +0000
   (5 days 1 hour ago)
    1. **2026-09-18 11:56:51 +0000**
       action created
    2. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron gestartet
    3. **2026-09-18 11:57:14 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron fehlgeschlagen: Geplante Aktion
       für wpforms_process_purge_spam wird nicht ausgeführt, da keine Rückrufe registriert
       sind.
 * action_scheduler/migration_hook
   <small>ID: 272763</small>Failedaction-scheduler-
   migrationNon-repeating2026-09-18 11:59:12 +0000(5 days 1 hour ago)
    1. **2026-09-18 11:58:12 +0000**
       Aktion erstellt
    2. **2026-09-18 11:59:17 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron gestartet
    3. **2026-09-18 11:59:17 +0000**
       Aktion über WP Cron fehlgeschlagen: Geplante Aktion
       für action_scheduler/migration_hook wird nicht ausgeführt, da keine Rückrufe
       registriert sind.
 * action_scheduler/migration_hook
   <small>ID: 273237</small>Failedaction-scheduler-
   migrationNon-repeating2026-09-22 11:21:58 +0000(1 day 2 hours ago)
    1. **2026-09-22 11:20:58 +0000**
       action created
    2. **2026-09-22 11:22:18 +0000**
       action started via WP Cron
    3. **2026-09-22 11:22:18 +0000**
       action failed via WP Cron: Scheduled action for
       action_scheduler/migration_hook will not be executed as no callbacks are registered.
 * and the tasks look more like this
 * wpforms_dashboard_refresh_cache
   <small>ID: 273353</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273353&nonce=6aebd7dc63)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273353&nonce=63f94c3a90)
   Pending
    - `'tasks_meta_id' => 121`
 * wpformsEvery 30 minutes2026-09-23 13:43:46 +0000
   (11 minutes 18 seconds)
    1. **2026-09-23 13:13:46 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cancel_unpaid_orders
   <small>ID: 273354</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273354&nonce=2a4a062652)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273354&nonce=3de0b14309)
   PendingwoocommerceNon-repeating2026-09-23 14:18:36 +0000
   (46 minutes 8 seconds)
    1. **2026-09-23 13:18:36 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_refresh_order_count_cache
   <small>ID: 273312</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273312&nonce=8d3e471aeb)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273312&nonce=cc1a7a86cc)
   Pending
    - `0 => 'shop_order'`
 * countEvery 12 hours2026-09-23 14:49:43 +0000
   (1 hour 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-23 02:49:43 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cleanup_logs
   <small>ID: 273274</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273274&nonce=90a759d53c)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273274&nonce=b5f2e0a93f)
   PendingwoocommerceEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:30 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:30 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cleanup_rate_limits_wrapper
   <small>ID: 273275</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273275&nonce=58edfc8aa7)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273275&nonce=c78a90bb6a)
   PendingwoocommerceEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:30 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:30 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_scheduled_sales
   <small>ID: 273276</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273276&nonce=f737d9aa6d)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273276&nonce=e8ecffb0d6)
   PendingwoocommerceEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:30 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:30 +0000**
       action created
 * wc_admin_daily_wrapper
   <small>ID: 273277</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273277&nonce=ab81e0580c)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273277&nonce=61e7dd23c2)
   PendingwoocommerceEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:32 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:32 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cleanup_personal_data
   <small>ID: 273278</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273278&nonce=8f15667964)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273278&nonce=1e33482b48)
   PendingwoocommerceEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:34 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:34 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cleanup_draft_orders
   <small>ID: 273279</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273279&nonce=85b1d53173)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273279&nonce=58c2d13962)
   PendingEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:34 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:34 +0000**
       action created
 * woocommerce_cleanup_draft_orders
   <small>ID: 273280</small>
 * [Run](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=run&row_id=273280&nonce=9a3e666793)
   | [Cancel](https://mexicangoodfood.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpforms-tools&view=action-scheduler&status=pending&row_action=cancel&row_id=273280&nonce=53f4f28639)
   PendingEvery 1 day2026-09-23 19:49:34 +0000
   (6 hours 17 minutes)
    1. **2026-09-22 19:49:34 +0000**
       action created
 * there are obviously a lot more which i can provide in screenshots if needed.
 * thank you!
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [6 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19028724)
 * Hi [@mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/) ,
 * Thanks for the details. Your scheduled actions look normal, so we can set those
   aside for now.
 * Since the crash is related to memory on those screens, there are two things worth
   trying first. Please keep the `wp-config.php` memory lines removed and instead
   ask your host to increase the PHP memory limit to 512M, as your server was already
   allowing more than the 256M limit you set.
 * Also, please update Germanized for WooCommerce, as version 4.0.11 is a few versions
   behind your WooCommerce 11.1.0.
 * If the screens still crash after that, could you please try using the steps in
   WPBeginner’s detailed guide on troubleshooting WordPress to see if it helps resolve
   the issue:
 * [https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-troubleshooting-wordpress-errors-step-by-step/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-troubleshooting-wordpress-errors-step-by-step/)
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 day, 2 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpforms-lite-crashes-back-end/#post-19032562)
 * Hi [@mexicangoodfood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mexicangoodfood/) ,
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a few days, so I’m going to go ahead and close
   this thread for now. But if you’d like us to assist further, please feel welcome
   to continue the conversation.
 * Thanks!

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