Title: Problem to upload files
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Problem to upload files

 *  [amanda3ip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanda3ip/)
 * (@amanda3ip)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-to-upload-files-1/)
 * I’ve installed your plugin with the latest version and I have budypress too with
   2.6.2 version.
    When I tried to upload a file (doc or pdf), I see a message like:“
   Sorry, for security reasons, this file type is not allowed.” Am I doing something
   wrong?
 * Thank you so much
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-docs/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-docs/)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Cavins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcavins/)
 * (@dcavins)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-to-upload-files-1/#post-8210700)
 * Hi there, WordPress limits what kinds of files can be uploaded.
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_Files](https://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_Files)
 * You can allow extra file types by doing something like this:
    [http://msyk.es/blog/adding-removing-allowed-filetypes-wordpress-media-library/](http://msyk.es/blog/adding-removing-allowed-filetypes-wordpress-media-library/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-to-upload-files-1/#post-8210700)
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