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1. redned
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   When I work on a live site, my media file upload limit is 8MB. When I work on localhost the limit is 2MB. I assume that 2MB is the WP default and that my host does something to up this to 8MB for the live site. After reading other topics I tried editing the relevant php.ini parameter, but it had no effect. I have very little coding experience. Is there a trick to this?

2. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Just to make sure we're on the same page, on your localhost install, open php.ini and find these lines;

   ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
   upload_max_filesize = 2M

   ; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
   post_max_size = 8M

   The change won't take effect until you restart apache. Then the message in your dash board will reflect the new upload limitations.

   For example:

   if you change upload_max_filesize = 2M - to - upload_max_filesize = 8M

   The dashboard message should then say; "Maximum upload file size: 8MB", but you will need to restart the web server for changes in php.ini to take effect.

3. redned
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thankyou ClaytonJames. After restarting everything it worked perfectly. I feel like maybe that's one more step on the very long road to knowing what I'm doing!

4. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You're welcome!

5. jademcquade
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   My php.ini file only includes the following code;

   ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
   upload_max_filesize = 8M

   ; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
   post_max_size = 8M

   I restarted WAMP but I am still limited to 2MB. Is the above code all thats needed in php.ini or should there be more there?

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