How To Increase Maximum Upload Size & Post Size

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When trying to upload large files, many bloggers stumble into an error that indicates the maximum upload size has been reached and the upload fails.  The problem frequently happens whenever the blogger attempts to retrieve an old site backup. Through this article, we will learn how to increase the cPanel maximum size upload and post size.

To increase the upload size, we have two simple methods:

Method 1: PHP INI Editor:

  1. Launch cPanel: locate the PHP INI editor by logging into your cPanel account.
  2. Access PHP INI editor: Launch the PHP INI editor panel and Locate the “Configure PHP INI basic settings” option and the ” Select a location” menu. 
  3. Choose the location: Choose the website for which you wish to increase the upload size from the ” Select a location” menu. 
  4. Modify the settings: To access the upload_max_filesize and post_max_size options, scroll down. 
  5. After changing the values in both options, click the “apply ” button.

If you don’t find the PHP INI Editor option in your cPanel, use the following method: 

Method 2: PHP Selector:

  1. Open cPanel: Access your cPanel account by logging in, then choose the “Select PHP version” menu. 
  2. Access PHP configurations: In the “Select PHP version” window, go to the “Options” menu at the top.
  3. Modify the settings: To access the upload_max_fliesize and post_max_size options, scroll down.
  4. Increase the values for both options; the changes will be applied automatically.
  5. These techniques make it easy to increase the maximum upload size in cPanel, fixing any issues with uploading large files. 

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