How to Increase the Maximum File Upload Size in WordPress

by | Dec 27, 2019 | PHP, WORDPRESS

How to Check Your Maximum File Upload Size Limit in WordPress?

WordPress will automatically show the utmost file upload size limit once you are uploading images or media. to see it you’ll simply attend Media » Add New page and you’ll see the utmost file uplaod size limit for your WordPress site.

1: Theme Functions File

There are cases where we have seen that just by adding the following code in theme’s functions.php file, you can increase the upload size:

@ini_set( 'upload_max_size' , '32M' );
@ini_set( 'post_max_size', '32M');
@ini_set( 'max_execution_time', '300' );

htaccess Method

Some people have tried using the .htaccess method where by modifying the .htaccess file in the root directory, you can increase the maximum upload size in WordPress. Edit the .htaccess file in your WordPress site’s root folder and add the following code:

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php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size 64M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300