Title: increase max_input_vars?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# increase max_input_vars?

 *  [kaitanium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaitanium/)
 * (@kaitanium)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/)
 * Read around and it says that the one managing the server needs to up this? So
   I sent an email to my host but they said they dont touch any of this and to change
   it in php.ini in my wordpress file.
 * My WP php.ini file only has a line currently on it for “memory_limit = xxxx.”
   I can change that and the changes are reflected on my “master value” (but not
   local value) but I need to be able to touch max_input_vars also as doing this
   memory limit edit didnt seem to do much.
 * Currently:
    max_input_vars (local 1000, master 1000) memory_limit = (local 256M,
   master 10000M)
 * Any ideas? Thanks!

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 *  [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * (@girlieworks)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-6880645)
 * Are you saying that you’ve _already_ added the `max_input_vars` line to your `
   php.ini`, but it isn’t having any effect?
 * If so, then you’ll probably need to go back to your host again and ask them why
   it’s not working as they say it should.
 * If not, then you need to add it.
 *  Thread Starter [kaitanium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaitanium/)
 * (@kaitanium)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-6880655)
 * oh yea forgot to add that i added another line to my php.ini file. Now it reads
 * >  memory_limit = 10000M
   >  max_input_vars 10000
 * im no master coder so i have no idea if thats even right. I have a plugin in 
   WP right now that checks the values and nothing has changed so im guessing it
   didnt do anything.
 *  [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * (@girlieworks)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-6880801)
 * Try including the equal sign:
 *     ```
       max_input_vars = 10000
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [kaitanium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaitanium/)
 * (@kaitanium)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-6880807)
 * ok so that was probably the dumbest mistake ever to hit planet earth. Thanks 
   for the simple heads up lol. Looks like things are working properly now in the
   meanwhile.
 *  [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * (@girlieworks)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-6880809)
 * Glad that did the trick. 🙂
 *  [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/)
 * (@mnnaturistsadmin)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-8601621)
 * I am warned when sending emails that the max_input_vars (0) limits the number
   of recipients the email can have to 10. I am also told that the php.ini file 
   contains that setting which can be changed.
 * I found the php.ini file, but the max_input_vars setting was not in it. So I 
   added the following:
    max_input_vars = 100 Nothing changed. What else needs to
   be done?
 *  [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/)
 * (@mnnaturistsadmin)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-8601788)
 * I got this problem fixed. We are hosted by GoDaddy, and there support walked 
   me through the steps of creating a .user.ini file in which I put this directive.
   He suggested I use max_input_vars = 2000.

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 * [MAX_INPUT_VARS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/max_input_vars/)
 * [php.ini](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-ini/)

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 * Last reply from: [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-max_input_vars/#post-8601788)
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