Fatal Error: Allowed memory size ….

whenever I try to do anything to my WordPress site, I get:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 45697730 bytes) in /home/pathauld/domains/pathauldren.com/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 853

I’ve tried increasing the size in my wp-config.php file:

define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’96M’);

But still get problems.

What am I doing wrong? (BTW, using Viala theme)

Thanks,

Alley
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