{"id":26,"date":"2012-06-17T18:46:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T17:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/james-batchelor.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2012-06-17T18:46:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T17:46:41","slug":"increasing-maximum-upload-file-size-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/james-batchelor.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/17\/increasing-maximum-upload-file-size-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Maximum Upload File Size in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

When installing WordPress on a fresh new server, you may notice that all uploading is limited to 2MB. A search online reveals that this gripe is well discussed. However most solutions are tailored for users who rent dedicated WordPress hosting from companies.<\/p>\n

For those of you who are using your own server, navigate to the file php.ini located where the core php installation is, normally in the Program Files\/PHP folder in Windows.<\/p>\n

\"php\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From there, edit php.ini using Notepad or similar, changing the following values:<\/p>\n

“Upload_max_filesize” from “2M” to 64M (or\u00a0as desired)
\n“post_max_size” from 8M to your favoured size<\/span><\/p>\n

Check back on your WordPress site to see if the change has applied:<\/p>\n

\"upload\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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