File Size Limit Reach - Wordpress PHP File Limit

A friend asks me "I have a contest plugin. When a user uploads larger pictures >10 MB the upload breaks and users aren't able to upload pictures and their file on my server how do I tackle this problem on the live server?

File Size Limit Reach PHP

This is the simple WordPress or you can say a PHP error when PHP Limits occurs. You can do it using PHP.ini if you have access to its search for a variable called upload_max_filesize and change it to 32M or 64M. and also post_max_size and change it to 32M or 64M.

Both you can find in different lines so search it separately.

 upload_max_filesize = 32M
post_max_size = 32M

File Size Limit

Is there a restriction in WP too? What else could be the reason is wp_config file which is in your root directory of WordPress install.

You can see the current wp upload limit on the page "add new media" via the wp-admin menu. If you choose a file exceeding that limit, there's a proper error message.

If the plugin is not using the WordPress uploader, it probably has its own upload limit set somewhere.

Check your web host upload limits too. I was having a similar problem with gravity forms and found my host had a 10mb limit. If it's a multi-site, maybe it exceeds the quota.

You can set WordPress upload file size limit in your config.php just go to and write anywhere in the file

WordPress Memory Limit

 define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');  

it will change the limit of your file upload. If it Couldn't then comment we will reply to you.