{"id":1375,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583711-what-is-php-memory-limit-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:16:50","slug":"1583711-what-is-php-memory-limit-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583711-what-is-php-memory-limit-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"What is PHP memory limit at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">The PHP <b>memory_limit<\/b> value helps you manage the memory usage within PHP scripts. It specifies the maximum amount of memory that a PHP script is allowed to allocate during its execution. This limit serves as a safeguard against scripts consuming excessive memory, which can lead to performance issues and potentially crash the server..<\/p><h2 id=\"h-check-your-php-memory-limit\">Check your PHP memory limit<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">All of our Web and Cloud hosting plans come with fixed maximum memory_limit values. To check the value corresponding to your hosting plan, go to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583467-how-to-check-the-php-information-of-your-website-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHP Info page<\/a><\/b> on your hPanel and search for <b>memory_limit<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/d24888c3-a08e-45c3-8404-858f619c5a72.jpg\" alt=\"The PHP memory_limit value on the PHP Info page\"><\/div><div><\/div><div>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your website is built with WordPress, it may use<strong> a lower default memory_limit<\/strong>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/wordpress-memory-limit\/#How_to_Increase_the_WordPress_Memory_Limit\">how to increase the WordPress memory limi<\/a>t, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583347-how-to-change-wordpress-upload-limitation-at-hostinger\/\">how to change the WordPress upload limitation at Hostinger<\/a> if the issue relates specifically to uploads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-change-or-increase-your-limit\">Change or increase your limit<\/h2>\n<p>To adjust the value directly, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4622479-how-to-change-values-of-php-parameters-in-hostinger\/\">how to change values of PHP parameters in Hostinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If your project has grown and you need to <b>increase the overall memory limit<\/b>, you can consider <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583459-how-to-upgrade-a-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrading your hosting plan.<\/a><\/b><\/p><p>For more on how memory_limit differs from your server&rsquo;s physical RAM, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4466613-what-is-the-difference-between-php-memory-limit-and-ram\/\">what is the difference between PHP memory limit and RAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing the PHP memory limit of your hosting package<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-php-info"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583711-what-is-php-memory-limit-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583711-que-es-el-limite-de-memoria-php-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583711-quelle-est-la-limite-de-memoire-php-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583711-apa-itu-memory-limit-php-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583711-o-que-e-limite-de-memoria-do-php-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583711------php\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15103,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/15103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}