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How to increase the memory available to PHP on your WordPress site
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Step 1 - Login to your WP site with an SFTP or FTP client

Login to your WordPress site with an SFTP or FTP client. We recommend Transmit (for Mac). FileZilla and Cyberduck are free options that is available for multiple platforms.

Step 2 - Locate the WordPress root

Then browse to your WordPress root or the current location of your wp-config.php file.

Step 3 - Add the WP_MEMORY_LIMIT constant to your wp-config.php file

Open your wp-config.php file with an editor. Next, copy one of the constants below and then paste it towards the middle of your wp-config.php file and save changes.

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

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M');

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https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

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