Use less memory when uploading image?

I had the same problem, but fortunately I could increase to 48M which did the job. 32M restriction is a bit poor these days, is moving to a different host an option?

Migrating a WordPress site between two hosts (as a combination of just the file structure + a database export) is not a massive undertaking. It would take you less time than resizing all your images before uploading ??

There is one solution!

You told that you have a minimum file size in your host is 32mb. So you can upload all the images directly to upload folder of your wordpress theme. Then, it would allow you to add images directly to post as you upload the image while posting a new article.

Thanks
Thejas

There should be better ways than to move to a different host. Perhaps javascript-resize the image before upload, and by that upload multiple versions of the same image in different sizes.

I did not tell you to move to a new host. An image may be maximum 20 mb of size which can be uploaded to your host from the file manager and not from WP admin Panel.

This may solve your problem!

Thanks
Thejas

Kamath: I was answering simons post. Also, I did not say that minimum file size is 32 mb – I said PHP memory limit is 32M.

If I upload all pictures directly to upload folder, than wordpress won’t create thumbsnails and stuff for me, right?

Ohhh! Sorry for the mistake. But what if you upload your image in a different host with a huge file size and just add the link in the WordPress admin Panel while adding a new post?

But then wordpress wouldn’t create thumbnails for me. Also, linking to a large file (with img tag) would cause greatly increased traffic.