in an earlier post that I wrote (https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/nested-elements-in-editor-eat-up-all-php-memory/) I explained a problem with server error “500” when trying to save an edited page.

I thought that the excessive usage of PHP memory limit was connected to the use of nested elements. Well I was wrong.

Our hoster upgraded PHP memory limit from 1024MB to 2048MB and I was sure I will never hit the limit of that while editing. Well, I was wrong. I thought it can′t be, because I just changed minor things like texts, some styles, etc. and had also nested elements. I knew the problem was lying somewhere else then in the nested elements after that.

Then the revisions came into my mind. Because I saved a lot of times to test and see the site in “live view” mode, also a lot of revisions were created. They seem to bloat up until you reach at one point crazy PHP memory sizes, which then lead to “error 500” when trying to save.

There really should be an Elementor in house option to limit the revisions or delete them easily so that people don′t run into that problem. I have read already on github on other sites about this error. So I′m pretty sure now it is due to excessive revisions loaded into the editor.

For everyone who wants to limit revisions globally can modify the native WP revisions system, but be careful as this is not especially only for Elementor revisions!

Read more about this for example here: https://www.wpkube.com/how-to-disable-post-revisions-in-wordpress/

For example limit to 3 revisions globally. You have to insert it into your wp-config.php file.

define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3 )

Give the server some time then reload your elementor page you want to edit. For me then the last 3 revisions were shown and the error 500 problem was gone.

I hope this helps and that Elementor perhaps fixes this problem.

Regards

I read already about this on GitHub. I have the same problem. I just have around 5 Containers. In 2 or 3 of them I have some nested elements. I also have 3 accordions with little nested elements like some text an pictures.

I have a php memory limit of 1024 MB from my hoster which is pretty high. But still I get now “error 500 server” message when I try to save my site in editor. Error log shows that Elementor eats up around 1100 MB which is pretty crazy for such little design layouts.

The page is almost not editable. When I change some specific values like, I think width, of some nested elements inside the accordions, the editor starts weirdly to rearrange / load all accordions in slow motion and u can see that the nested elements get loaded slowy one after each other. The performance goes pretty to zero.

This makes the usage of nested elements (I guess specially the accordions) unusable. I mean 1024 MB of php memory limit is high and I guess people with far less memory limit will run even faster in this situation.

Deleting the accordions completely and trying to save gives still same error. Now I’m stuck with my almost finished site and I′m not willing to pay for higher hosting as only Elementor seems to use this ridiculous amounts of memory.

Is there any plan or timeline to fix this or will this “problem” stay, because your answer decides for me if I have to rebuild the site from scratch without accordions / nested elements or wait till it is fixed.

Thanks and regards

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This happens on Step 3 (Update Data)

This only happens on DAF, not ZIP archives

Why is this happening and how can I get it fixed?

1. Elementor System Info > Server Environment > PHP Memory Limit is 32M: https://snipboard.io/jhXtDB.jpg
2. php.ini file itself showing Memory Limit is 256M: https://snipboard.io/Dk21PY.jpg
3. cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor showing Memory Limit is 256M: https://snipboard.io/J0lgVI.jpg

As mentioned above, this is happening on dozens of sites that I have Elementor on. I’d love to know why it’s happening.

Restarted PHP and reloaded NGINX. WP Site Health still showing 1024M.

What’s going on? Is this a WP Site Health bug? Where is it getting that number?

I’m inclined to just not worry about it but thought I’d check here first. Obviously I don’t want my memory limit that high.

Thanks for any insights. Screenshots below.

However I had just made some changes, restarted httpd, and what my WP-config.php says is:
/* Custom Memory Limit */
define( ‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’ );
/* Custom Memory Limit in Admin */
define( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘384M’ );

Also, when I click on the button Check More PHP info, I see:
PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT 256M
This agrees with what I see in phpinfo()

But I also see: memory_limit 384M (local) 256M (master) on your PHP Info page.

Of course I am now realizing that I may need to change the PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT to 384M or more.

Finally I notice in the admin dashboard I see:
PHP Max Execution Time : 600 sec
and
max_execution_time 600(local) 600(master)
But also see in the PHP Info Apache section:
PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME 360

I am experience something strange: I have a -1 MB memory limit, but next to it it says “256 M”.

80.5 of -1 MB (-8050%) | WP-LIMIT: 256 MB |

But my php ini says everything is positive, you can view php ini here: https://www.cisema.com/phpinfo.php our Webhosting provider doesn’t help.

Maybe you can have a look, this would be awesome, thank you so much

I wanted to ask you if you can explain the meaning of the warnings that appear on my website, on the “System Configuration” section of your plugin:

Warning in orange:
“GMagick or IMagick
Required: Better with transparent PNG images
Present: No. Recommended for better performances ”

It refers to the format of the logo image? If this is the case, I don’t understand the reason for the warning because I’m using a transparent PNG file.

Warning in red:
“WP Memory Limit Recommended
Required: 128MB (more for plugin-heavy setups)
Present: WordPress: 40M, PHP: 128M ”

As indicated in “Present”, it’s 128MB. So, why does it show this warning?

Thank you very much.

My web host says that we’re on a dedicated server with 2GB of RAM.

I installed this plugin on a multisite install, but only on the main part of the site (not the other network sites)… This is what it says, Memory: 153.25 of 512 MB (30%)

Does that mean that the RAM on the server is only 512 and NOT 2GB as I was told?

Please advise,
AJ