Title: File upload field
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# File upload field

 *  [manjushaa123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjushaa123/)
 * (@manjushaa123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/)
 * Hi,
    I am using ‘File’ custom field so that at the registration user can upload
   a file. It is not working… The form is submitted but the file dose not get uploaded….
   it shows the ‘Download File’ in ‘View Profile’, but there is no file… the hyperlink
   shown to the ‘Download File’ link is ‘[http://mydomain.com/wp-content/uploadsManjusha-Aklujkar.xlsx&#8217](http://mydomain.com/wp-content/uploadsManjusha-Aklujkar.xlsx&#8217);.
   Earlier version was working… At least the file was getting uploaded but the hyperlink
   had some issue… this is fixed with your latest version, but now the file is not
   getting uploaded…. please help!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/)

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 *  Thread Starter [manjushaa123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjushaa123/)
 * (@manjushaa123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/#post-7324840)
 * Hi,
 * Please help me…. As I’m stuck with the registration form creation…
 * Thanks in advance!
 *  Plugin Author [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * (@atallos)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/#post-7324862)
 * Hi,
 * it’s working on my test site. Is the file really uploaded? The original upload
   dir should “wp-content/uploads/profiles/USERID/”. Check if the upload failed,
   maybe it’s a permission issue.
 *  Thread Starter [manjushaa123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjushaa123/)
 * (@manjushaa123)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/#post-7324863)
 * Yes, you are right. It was indeed a permission issue! 🙁
 * But **isn’t it risky to give 777 file permissions to the ‘uploads’ folder?**
 * Also would like to know how to add more file types. The users should be able 
   to upload xlsx, xls, ppt and pptx files. Where do I setup max file size to be
   uploaded?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * (@atallos)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/#post-7324870)
 * [Here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) you can read more
   about permissions with wordpress. 755 is enough probably for uploads folder.
 * To change the type of files allowed, you need to use: “bxcft_files_ext_allowed”.
   [Read the faq](http://donmik.com/en/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/#answer-899)
   to see how to use it.

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 * Last reply from: [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-field-2/#post-7324870)
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