Title: Workaround for large uploads?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Workaround for large uploads?

 *  [monotone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monotone/)
 * (@monotone)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/workaround-for-large-uploads/)
 * My hosting company won’t change the upload_max_filesize to a larger value.
 * Is there a way to get WP to recognize a file uploaded manually into the WP ‘uploads’
   directory via FTP?

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 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/workaround-for-large-uploads/#post-383896)
 * You can try the example listed for the htaccess file within this [thread](http://www.atutor.ca/view/7/188/1.html).
 * Um, do remember though that your host may take a dim view of you doing a run 
   around on them.
 *  Thread Starter [monotone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monotone/)
 * (@monotone)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/workaround-for-large-uploads/#post-383915)
 * That didn’t work for me, unless I did it wrong. Thanks for responding, tho.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/workaround-for-large-uploads/#post-383919)
 * You can try putting the below in your .htaccess file above the WP statements:
 * `php_value upload_max_filesize 16M
    php_value post_max_size 16M php_value memory_limit
   24M php_value max_input_time 2400 php_value max_execution_time 2400
 * Change the values to whatever you need.
    No guarantees, though depending on host.
 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/workaround-for-large-uploads/#post-384097)
 * Monotone, your host may not allow overrides.

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