Over the past two years I’ve built a lot of sites in WordPress and time and time again I run into memory limit problems. Despite the active community around WordPress I am never able to get a clear and straight answer on how resolve this problem. You may run into other blog posts explaining how to add a few lines to your .htaccess file or changing a single line in your wp-settings.php file but none of these solutions will work.

So after hours of troubleshooting i’m happy to share a simple, clear and concise solution to WordPress Memory Limits, using a php.ini file.

NOTE: Before starting I suggest checking the current upload limits and memory limits on your site, you can do this by installing TCP! Memory Usage plugin, then go to the PHP tab.

1. Create a new file in any text editor, Notepad, Textmate or even Text Edit.
2. Determine how much memory you will need, all WordPress sites default at 32M, I typically bump mine to 64M
3. In the new text file add the following lines:
   memory_limit = 64M
   upload_max_filesize = 64M
   post_max_size = 64M
4. Now save your file as “php.ini”
5. Lastly, this file MUST BE UPLOADED TO THE WP-ADMIN directory on your WordPress site.

That’s it, I hope this will be helpful to anyone struggling with WordPress Memory Limits or Upload Limits.

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