kmwoley

A quick update –
I did try installing Resize Images Before Upload.

Using this plugin did allow me to upload files using Chrome on my desktop. However, this isn’t a solution to my problem – I _want_ to upload larger images, and WordPress is breaking when I try.

I have not yet found a solution to uploading files using Chrome on my Android or from the WordPress for Android app. In both of those cases, the picture upload still fails to upload correctly.

Some of the things I’ve read indicate that increasing PHP’s memory limit could be a solution for some. That is not a solution for me, however, since my host doesn’t allow me to modify php.ini and increase the memory size.

Hi Matt,
It’s my choice whether or not I want to put large images on my site. Either way, I would expect a more useful error message if the intent of WordPress is to limit the pixel sizes of the media I upload to my site.

In my case, the main scenario where I want to upload large-pixel images is when I’m on mobile. My phone takes large pictures and it would be a hassle to pre-process them before posting them.

I’m not currently using any image processing plugins. I would prefer not to install an additional plugin to make this scenario work if possible. Unless it’s documented somewhere that WordPress intentionally doesn’t support larger pixel images, I’d just expect this to work.

I’m also not hitting the PHP file size limit (which is 8MB in my case). All of the original files are uploading and being stored correctly. The only thing that’s not working correctly is the post-processing.

My error_log file is empty; does it only get written if I enable debugging?

Thanks!