Title: Plugin Limitation
Last modified: January 23, 2026

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# Plugin Limitation

 *  [Karolina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopkarolina/)
 * (@loopkarolina)
 * [3 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-limitation-2/)
 * Hi, I hope you’re well.
 * I’d like to leave a note that ‘upload_size_limit’ filter that is used by your
   plugin doesn’t work in all cases. The filter sets the maximum upload size for
   WordPress, but many hosting providers override this value at the server level.
   It may be worth mentioning this in the README.txt FAQ section.
 * For example, following plugin installation:
    - The Media Library shows maximum upload file size of **75MB**.
 *  - However, the Site Health Info reports **16M**, and testing shows that larger
      files cannot actually be uploaded. (Error: ‘xxx exceeds the maximum upload
      size for this site).
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 * The WordPress filter cannot exceed the limits imposed by PHP or the server.
    -  This topic was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by [Karolina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopkarolina/).

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