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Posted by Martin Brown
Martin Brown
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My Local Wordpress file size is Shocking .........

Hello Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone out there had any ideas about changing the Max file size on a media install on Wordpress (Local Install !!!!!). I am stuck on 2mb, spent many hours online and all i can find is changes on hosted wordpress. I have fiddled with the php.ini file but nothing !!!!!

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Hi Martin,

There are several factors that can affect the maximum upload file size (I assume that's what you mean by 'maximum filesize'.

Are you running your WP install on a localhost environment, or on a server somewhere?

This guide provides some good insight...

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-increase-the-maximum-file-upload-size-in-wordpress/

Note, they suggest you check for restrictions set by a theme (if you've installed a new one) in functions.php. You might try inserting the lines they suggest in there if you're not having any luck by changing php.ini.

Lastly, assuming you're on a linux server, you may be able to change the upload file size options through .htaccess.

Anyway, that article is pretty good at explaining it - better than I can here.

If you don't succeed through their advice, come back and let me know some more information?

Good luck, Rich

Martin Brown
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Martin Brown
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After many hours I must have become very blind to the whole problem. The article you sent through chap, Bravo thank you very much for taking the time, cheers. Now all i need to decide is what is a good size to add so the site dosent come to a grinding holt !!!!! ................ LOL - Cheers again .................... Many Regards Martin

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Hey Martin,

No problem at all.

That can be a tough issue to deal with - I guess you'll need to think carefully about who's going to be using it.

If you're building the site for a client, then people are usually quite familiar with relatively small maximum upload file sizes anyway (5mb is pretty typical for most email web apps, for example), and providing them with near unlimited space is going to cause your site to bloat, and bring you infinitely more headaches than them searching for a better way to host their larger files.

Glad you got things moving forward, Rich