My website is hosted under Bluehost, which so far has been treating me well. I do a lot of uploading since my site also serves as my portfolio for art and music, and there have been times when I would attempt to upload something into Wordpress and it would give me the following error:
The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini.
I was able to fix the problem, so I figured I’d create a post to help out anyone out there who has this problem as well. This guide assumes:
- You are a Bluehost user
- You setup Wordpress on your domain using Bluehost
This guide is current as of 10/4/2009.
1. Log into your Bluehost account and go to your PHP Config
2. Change PHP settings to PHP5 (Single php.ini)
The default settings on Bluehost sets your PHP is at PHP5. Change this to PHP5 (Single php.ini) and save changes.
3. Install the php.ini master file
Select Install the php.ini master file.
Once done installing, it should display a message that it was successfully installed. Note that when this creates the php.ini master file, it names it as php.ini.default.
4. Go back to your cPanel tab and open up the File Manager
5. Rename php.ini.default to php.ini
Locate php.ini.default (it should be in your public_html directory). Right click it and rename this to php.ini.
6. Edit php.ini
Once the file is renamed, right click php.ini and this time go to Edit. (I chose Edit over Code Edit because Code Edit opens it through something called “cPanel X” which I think is a bit more troublesome to use over just opening php.ini as a text file through Edit.)
Find upload_max_filesize through a CTRL+F search and you’ll find the little troublemaker. By default, it’s set to 2M, which is 2 megabytes.
Comment out, versus deleting, upload_max_filesize = 2M by adding a semicolon to the beginning of the line. (It’s just good coding practice.) Then add a second line where you set your desired upload limit. I arbitrarily set mine to 20 megabytes.
Remember to save your changes, and that should be it!
