website down with php error

Question

i do not know php but had installed wordpress, i visit my site and see the following error

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in E:\Domains\mysite.com\wwwroot\wp-content\plugins\wordfence\lib\wfLog.php on line 431
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in E:\Domains\mysite.com\wwwroot\wp-content\plugins\wordfence\lib\wfLog.php on line 431

how do i fix hat above, please guide

Answer 1

You have a plugin called Wordfence which is causing the problem. It appears to be overloading your memory. I wouldn't mess with your server config, the problem is with the plugin. Try deleting those logs, that should work, but it may only be a temporary solution. Removing the plugin would certainly solve the problem. No idea what Wordfence is though. If that doesn't work, change the title of your question to include "Wordfence plugin".

Answer 2

In my opinion i have got a better solution for you. All you need to do is just to increase memory size.

By default, when you installed and configure Wordpress it comes by 16MB memory . In your case, you can keep the plugin you already installed and add the following one line code to your wp-config.php file.

You can access this file via FTP(File Transfer Protocol) client FileZilla or from your hosting cPanel.

/* Increase memory */ code : define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M' );