{"id":5493,"date":"2018-08-22T05:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5493"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:36","password":"","slug":"change-maximum-upload-size-account","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/change-maximum-upload-size-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change maximum upload size for your account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The default upload size in the cpanel is 2MB. This means, when you try to upload a file greator than 2MB, you\u2019ll receive an error. But most of the times, files uploaded are greator than this. So here\u2019s how you increase the size using php.ini file.<\/p>\n<p>1. Access the cpanel and scroll down to <b>MultiPHP INI<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4.png 948w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-920x295.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-600x192.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-4-320x103.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Select the location of php.ini file in the drop down menu. Select your domain name as the location. If you are working on a subdomain, select the subdomain as the location of php.ini file.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1291\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5.png 1291w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-768x155.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-1024x207.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-50x10.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-920x186.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-600x121.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-5-320x65.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1291px) 100vw, 1291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Alter the <b>upload_max_<\/b><b>file<\/b><b>size<\/b> variable and click <b>Apply<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4.png 1366w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-768x179.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-1024x238.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-50x12.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-920x214.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-600x140.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-4-320x74.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The default upload size in the cpanel is 2MB. This means, when you try to upload a file greator than 2MB, you\u2019ll receive an error. But most of the times, files uploaded are greator than this. So here\u2019s how you increase the size using php.ini file. 1. 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