[wp-hackers] WordPress memory needed

[Diana K. C]

> Setting the
> memory limit higher does not mean that the process will actually use
> that memory all the time, it only means that the process *can* use
> that much memory, if needed, without triggering a fatal error.


I though so. I dealing with a new install, this service offers 64MB only. I 
tried to use both BuddyPress and bbPress but the fatal error showed once and 
again (menu , widgets panels etc). Sometime these plugins will need more 
than 64MB then :( . Now I deactivated BuddyPress and is working fine.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Otto" <otto at ottodestruct.com>
To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] WordPress memory needed


> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Diana K. C <dianakac at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I wasn't aware that WP needes 256MB available memory (trac 
>> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13847#comment:2) but it seems works 
>> ok with only 64MB also.
>>
>> Increase memory to 256 will be enough for minimal BuddyPress features and 
>> bbPress then?
>
> WordPress doesn't "need" any particular amount of memory, however in
> many configurations (and with plugins/themes/etc), the default of 32M
> is often too low.
>
> WordPress attempts to set the memory limit to 64M by default, and 256M
> in specific places in the admin area (especially when manipulating
> image files during media upload, extra memory is needed).
>
> However, on many hosting configurations, the memory limit is fixed by
> the host and cannot be adjusted by PHP code itself. In these cases, we
> recommend having the memory limit set to a minimum of 64M, and higher
> if you're going to be uploading large megapixel images. Setting the
> memory limit higher does not mean that the process will actually use
> that memory all the time, it only means that the process *can* use
> that much memory, if needed, without triggering a fatal error.
>
> -Otto
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