diff --git a/modules/profile/manifests/wordpress/base.pp b/modules/profile/manifests/wordpress/base.pp
index 2037be7..7cdb00d 100644
--- a/modules/profile/manifests/wordpress/base.pp
+++ b/modules/profile/manifests/wordpress/base.pp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
   class { 'php::fpm':
     ini_values_extra => {
-      'memory_limit' => '512M',
+      'memory_limit' => '64M',
     },
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/profile/templates/wordpress/docs/jquery-config.php.erb b/modules/profile/templates/wordpress/docs/jquery-config.php.erb
index 499a804..aed617d 100644
--- a/modules/profile/templates/wordpress/docs/jquery-config.php.erb
+++ b/modules/profile/templates/wordpress/docs/jquery-config.php.erb
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ define( 'JQUERY_STAGING_FORMAT', '' );
 define( 'JQUERY_STAGING',        true );
 define( 'JQUERY_STAGING_FORMAT', 'stage.%s' );
 <%- end -%>
+
+// Raise limit to accommodate resource uploads from builder hosts
+// that run the "wordpress-deploy" Grunt task.
+if ( defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) ) {
+  @ini_set( 'memory_limit', '512M' );
+}