Increase upload file size

did you run a php info on your install to ensure your php.ini settings stuck?

I’ve edited the wrong php.ini file before….

otherwise you can do edits in either .htaccess or in wp-config to raise limits, but check your php limits first

I did check my php.ini file and the new settings did stick. I’ve even tried adding this to my .htaccess file:
php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
php_value post_max_size 20M php_value max_execution_time 200
php_value max_input_time 200

Neither has had an impact. I looked at the wp-config file but do not see where I would increase the upload limit at. Perphaps another location?

define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);

added to wp-config.php helps some

also, I didn’t mean checking the php.ini, I meant running a php info file….. to look at your actual server settings and see if its working

define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
in the wp-config.php file did not work either.

Sorry for my wording about “checking my php.ini file”. I did it both ways, I ssh’d to the server and looked directly at the file as well as from a browser where I ran phpinfo.php. The increased values I expected are there.

It’s not enough to only update upload_max_filesize, you also need to update post_max_size and possibly max_execution_time, max_input_time and memory_limit. post_max_size should be larger than upload_max_filesize. e.g.,

post_max_size = 41M
upload_max_filesize = 40M
memory_limit = 128M
max_execution_time = 200
max_input_time = 200

Depending on your host, you may also need to clear some caches. For example, on Dreamhost you have to restart FastCGI — https://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini#Modified_existing_php.ini_but_not_seeing_the_changes.3F