I got it fixed!!
While trying to fix my other problem I came across a small typo in my php.ini file. I had upload_max_filesize = 250 mb. It needed to be 250M. That coupled with the other suggestions fixed my issues!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!!
To sum it up, here is what needs to be done.
Add this to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
server {
listen 81; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
#listen [::]:80 default ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6
root /usr/share/nginx/www;
index index.html index.htm;
# Make site accessible from https://localhost/
server_name localhost;
client_max_body_size 100M;
Add this to /wordpress/wp-config.php
// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’);
/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);
/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘jb*1978*’);
/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
/** Increase limit for uploads. */
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘100M’);
Upload max size at /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini has always been this
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; https://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 100M