WP plugin update - website now offline

[jkirk529]

I tried to update plugins on WP dashboard & now get this error: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 12288 bytes) in /home/jkirk529/public_html/wp-admin/includes/screen.php on line 118  I need help!!

[Muse · Accepted solution]

@jkirk529

To increase memory, you would do so in the wp-config.php file.

This file is located in the root of the server.  Be sure to make a copy of that file *before* making any changes and save it to your hard drive.  This way if something whacky happens you have the original copy to restore.

You'll look for this line:

define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '40M' );

and change it to:

define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M' );

HTH! 😉