Title: File Size Validation
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# File Size Validation

 *  [TheZNerd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theznerd/)
 * (@theznerd)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-size-validation/)
 * This has been an issue for us for a few versions now – not sure when it broke.
   When attempting to upload a file larger than the maximum allowed file size, validation
   no longer shows on the client side. The form will just continue to display the
   processing sprite forever. Example code here:
 * `[file* your-example-product limit:3mb filetypes:jpg|jpeg|png|gif]`
 * This is causing confusion for the vendors attempting to submit product examples
   to our site.
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## Tags

 * [file](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file/)
 * [filesize](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filesize/)
 * [limit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/limit/)
 * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-size-validation/#post-6885238)
 * Status: not resolved