How to Increase Maximum Upload File Size in WordPress 2022

Increase Maximum Upload File Size

Hi guys,

Today we are going to see, how you can increase the maximum upload size of a file in WordPress.Let’s say you have a WordPress website and you want to upload a large-sized file to your site.

Now by default, WordPress will let you upload files only up to a certain size limit. And if the file is larger than that, we cannot upload the file. So after watching this video, you will be able to increase the maximum upload file size and you can upload large-sized files to your website.

This is Bryan from Website Learners and let’s get started

Now let's go to our WordPress Dashboard,

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And then go to ‘Media’ and click ‘Add New’

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You can see that we have the maximum upload size of 64 MB, which means we cannot upload files that are larger than 64 MB this size usually varies based on the hosting provider. So now, let’s try uploading a file that is larger than 64 MB Now if you click on this file,

Here you can see the size of the file. Now if we drag this file and drop it here, You can see that the file is not uploaded.

So now let’s see how to increase the size of our site. So to increase the maximum upload size on our site,

We’re going to do 2 steps

The first step is to install a plugin on your site So to install the plugin,

Let’s go to ‘Plugins’ and click ‘Add New’

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Now here, search for ‘Tuxedo’

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And you will get this plugin.

Now, this is the plugin that will help us to increase the maximum upload size.

So to install it Let’s click ‘Install’

And then click ‘Activate’

So now we have successfully installed the plugin. Once you have installed the plugin

We can go to step 2,

which is to increase the maximum upload size.

So to increase the upload size

Let’s go to ‘Settings’ and click ‘Media’

Increase Maximum Upload File Size

And it will take you to this page.

Just scroll down, and here enter the Increase maximum upload size you want.

I am going to enter 400 So now, you can upload files of sizes up to 400 MB. Once you have entered the size, Click "Save changes"And the maximum upload size will be increased So now if we go to Media, and click "Add new"You can see that, the maximum upload size has increased to 400 MB. Now let’s try uploading a file. So just drag this file and drop it here.

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And as you can see, our file has been successfully uploaded. So that’s it, guys this is how you can increase your maximum upload size on your WordPress site Now, after following this method, If your upload size still did not change, Then you need to contact your hosting provider.
And If you want to learn more about WordPress you can flow our website. I’ll see you in the next post,
Take care, Bye-bye.

How to Increase Maximum Upload File Size in WordPress 2022