ZIPPED FILE NOT UPLOADED

Hi,

Zip files are not allowed by default for security reasons. Please go to the visual editor of the plugin, in Allowed File Extensions and set *.*,*.zip to include zip files in the allowed list.

Regards

Hi Nick,

Sorry to piggyback on this post, I am also having the same problems, can upload any file up to 1GB in size but the system won’t allow any .zip files to be uploaded of any size. I’ve tried the solution you suggest above but it still doesn’t work. I am using the professional version and get the following error message.

Upload failed!
File not allowed.

Is there something else that could be causing a problem?

Thanks,

Dan

Hi Dan, what error message do you get? do the filenames contain only one dot (.) or more?

Hi Nick,

Yes the files do contain extra dots, is there anything I can do to get around this as I can’t control how people will name the files that are uploaded?

Thanks for your help.

Dan

you have the free or Pro version installed (instructions change)?

I have the latest pro version installed.

Hi Nick,

Just wondered if there was any progress on this please?

yes, I apologize for the delay, this has been a heavy week, nevertheless…

go to Dashboard / Settings / WordPress File Upload / Advanced , find option Wildcard Asterisk Mode and change it to ‘loose’ mode.

Hello Nick,

I have the same issue with the original poster regarding uploading zip files. My client is willing to risk these files, so I used your code for the form settings:

“Allowed File Extensions and set *.*,*.zip to include zip files in the allowed list.”

and now I get the error, Upload failed! Unknown error. I am using the free version of the plugin. Please advise.

Regards

Hi, can you please send me the URL of the page to try myself?

Regards

Nickolas

Hello Nick,

It seems I have the same issue.
I succeeded in uploading *.tar.gz files but when i try to upload any zip file named filename.zip I get the following message :

File filename.zip not uploaded
upload failed! Unknown error.
Failed upload path: rapport.zip
fileupload:0

I use the free version of the plugin

Any help appreciated

Regards

Pierre

Hi Pierre, what is your shortcode?

Nickolas

Here is my shortcode :

[wordpress_file_upload uploadpath="uploads" uploadpatterns="*.tar.gz, *.zip, *.rar" maxsize="500000000" createpath="true" forcefilename="true" adminmessages="true" debugmode="true" notify="true" notifyrecipients="[email protected]" notifysubject="File Upload Notification" notifymessage="%filename% uploaded in %filepath% from %pagetitle%"]

I think the problem is somewhere else. Indeed, the upload is sucessful for some zip files, and unsuccessful for other zip files.

I also noticed the same problem with other file formats (e.g. tar.gz)

Have you noticed if the problems are with files that have more than one dots in the filename?

Nickolas