Cannot increase maximum upload file size in local WordPress

Question

I am using my own localhost (ubuntu and apache2) for running wordpress 4.8 . I want to increase maximum upload file size. I tried these ways but didn't solve :

1.creating php.ini in /var/www/html or changing it in /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini:

upload_max_filesize = 512M
memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 512M
max_execution_time = 300

2.changing .htaccess in /var/www/html:

php_value upload_max_filesize 512M
php_value post_max_size 512M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300

3.adding these line of codes in functions.php file in the theme folder:

@ini_set('upload_max_size' , '512M');
@ini_set('post_max_size', '512M');
@ini_set('max_execution_time', '300');

4.using Upload Max File Size plugin. this plugin changed Maximum upload file size: 2 MB. message but after uploading file more than 2mb the HTTP error. accrued. (for fixing this i also tried every solution i found on web (ex: +,+,+) but nothing changed. also turning on wordpress log cant help me. there wasn't anything!! So i gave up. i think the root of this error is bad fix for this problem)

5.changing permissions of all files and folder to 777.

6.after every fix i tried, i also restart apache but nothing changed:

$ sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 1

Go to C:/Xampp/php/php.ini and find:

memory_limit=.....M

Change it to:

memory_limit=10000M

Then scroll down to:

post_max_size=.....M

And change it to:

post_max_size=9999M

Find:

file_uploads=...

If it's of write:

file_uploads=On

Scroll down and find

upload_max_filesize=....M

Write there:

upload_max_filesize=9000M

Also find:

max_file_uploads=.....

And write there:

max_file_uploads=10000M

Attention! Be careful! "Memory_limit" should have the largest number of megabytes. The next is "max_file_uploads", after which is "post_max_size", and last the "upload_max_filesize".

If there is still the same error, make your .htaccess like this:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /your_site_name/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /your_site_name/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
    # WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded
    <IfModule mod_php7.c>
    php_value max_execution_time 300

    php_value upload_max_filesize 9000M
    php_value post_max_size 9999M
    php_value max_input_time 300

    </IfModule>

Answer 2

You can change these lines on your php.ini file of currently running php version.

Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 256M

Answer 3

you need also to add this filter to the functions.php file to see the allowed upload in your Wordpress , its good to not use plugin :)

//filter
add_filter('upload_size_limit', 'increase_upload');
function increase_upload($bytes) {
    return 262144000;
}

Answer 4

I shouldn't create any php.ini file in /var/www/html/. I found /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini path in phpinfo() details. So i found and changed these configs in this file : upload_max_filesize, memory_limit, post_max_size and max_execution_time.

NOTE: I was right! HTTP error. while uploading media was because of bad fix for this problem. now i can upload any media correctly :)