Title: Increasing Post Size
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Increasing Post Size

 *  [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/)
 * I’ve noted that both Increasing Upload Size and Post Size are topics which have
   been well covered here, but I think after trying all the suggesting workarounds
   with no success, both here and on the internet, I’m stuck in “8M” hell…
 * I think my server is one of those which lock out any manual tinkering with “php.
   ini” files and their support response is sluggish (time of year ?).
 * I uploaded an info.php file and this displayed the site stats for my WordPress
   site, which are as follows : Max file upload size : 12800M, Memory limit : 300M,
   Max Post Size : 8M
 * However, from within WP Dashboard, media files are still limited to 8M max for
   upload.
 * My site is at [http://www.happy-robot.co.uk/blog](http://www.happy-robot.co.uk/blog).
 * R

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 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586973)
 * Do you have cPanel with your hosting package?
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586974)
 * Not sure – will check & get back to you.
 * Thanks for the prompt reply.
 * R
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586980)
 * The server I use has something called “Helm”, which is effectively the Control
   panel, I guess ?
 * I can set things like billing and adding additional products like more space 
   etc..
 * R
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586984)
 * The Control panel does allow me access to a file manager which shows all the 
   files on the server for the WP site.
 * R
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586986)
 * Ah I see … cPanel has a section where you can control PHP and set it to use your
   own php.ini.
 * You might try declaring those parameters in the wp-config.php.
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5586987)
 * i.e. : edit the wp-config file itself ?
 * I can do this either via FTP or the Control panel, right ?
 * R
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587004)
 * I can’t see anything which allows me to control PHP, just the file directory 
   structure and the same files I can see using FTP.
 * Removing “5” from the php.ini file causes WordPress to display a blank page instead
   of the Dashboard, reinstating it i.e. : “php5.ini”, brings back the dashboard,
   so I know its doing something.
 * However, the settings I mentioned in my initial post seem to override anything
   I’m doing from with cPanel.
 * R
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587020)
 * The php info should show you the path to the config file. You seem to have access
   to the ini file. Does it have these parameters in it?
 *     ```
       memory_limit = 50M
       post_max_size = 10M
       file_uploads = On
       upload_max_filesize = 10M
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587025)
 * The server shows that it’s on a C drive (Windows NT) – “C\php5\php.ini” but I
   don’t seem to be able to have direct access to this file.
 * As I mentioned, it contains all these values along with a lot of other parameters.
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587028)
 * I guess its a shared server with limited access to the php.ini.
 * R
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587069)
 * Where did you find the php5.ini file? Does it contain a complete php.ini code?
 * The first post you said it was set to
 * `Max file upload size : 12800M,`
 * That’s kind of weird isn’t it ..it should be 8M or 10M etc.
 *     ```
       ; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
       upload_max_filesize = 10M
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587120)
 * Morning,
 * Very weird – it seems like a huge figure.
 * My server admin came back to me yesterday and have said that they can move my
   entire site to a server which uses cPanel – the current server doesn’t actually
   use cPanel per se, so I have no means of accessing the PHP file – placing my 
   own php.ini / php5.ini file within WP admin folder makes no difference to the
   settings, or placing it anywhere else, for that matter, e.g. the root folder –
   I have tried.
 * I also tried a couple of WP plugins, which promise to “Increase Maximum Upload
   Size”, but neither of these made any difference either.
 * Hopefully being able to use cPanel will allow me to makes changes myself, without
   recourse to the server admin, since that is taking a long time.
 *  Thread Starter [ravi swami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravi-swami/)
 * (@ravi-swami)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587121)
 * BTW – I was never able to access the PHP file itself – it’s not visible anywhere,
   in any folder in the site directories.
 * I used a bit of code in a document named “info.php”, which allows you to view
   the site details from within an internet browser – this is where it showed that
   the “max file upload size” was 12800M, along with the memory limit and max post
   size.
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increasing-post-size/#post-5587129)
 * In cPanel there is a menu icon for PHP where you can, depending on the server
   set-up, pick different versions of PHP eg. 5.2 / 5.4 to run and choose to use
   your own php.ini or use the systems one.
 * Good luck!

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