[Plugin: WordPress Download Monitor] How do I up the file size limit to 15MB?

  • Hello! I’m pretty new to self-hosted WP and plugins. I love it!

    My main question (forgive me if this is anwered eslewhere–I can’t find it) is how can I up the file size limit?

    I’m getting this error:

    “The uploaded file exceeds the max. upload filesize directive in the server configuration.”

    I’m comfortable finding files and editing them (using cyberduck and textmate), but I’m not very literate when it comes to all this.

    Bonus question: Can I spit my users out on a special page to asking them for a voluntary donation after their download is complete? Or would that be quite complicated?

    Thanks in advance for your help. What a great community to be part of. If you want to see the site, its: https://www.theblackthornproject.com

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/download-monitor/

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  • I’m not using this plugin so I don’t know for certain but this is most likely the limit set for php file uploads. This is set in the php.ini file which is the php config file. You may be able to use a custom php.ini file but you’ll have to contact your webhost to find out how.

    Otherwise see this post:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/199077?replies=6

    Thread Starter timmyt

    (@timmyt)

    Thanks mono. I can’t even find a php.ini file in my folder tree. Anyone able to give more specific instructions?

    If you’re using shared web hosting that file is controlled by your host. There may be a way to override it though.

    You’ll have to look at your web host’s help files or contact them though.

    Hmm, a traceroute shows you on bluehost.com so check out this page:
    https://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&root=17&id=124
    and
    https://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&root=17

    Thread Starter timmyt

    (@timmyt)

    Thanks again for your help. I did contact bluehost and their great customer service dept. had me done with it in about 10 minutes. It was a matter of editing the numbers in two places in the huge php.ini file, which for some reason I couldn’t see with cyberduck, but could through the Bluehost File manager.

    I couldn’t say exactly where the changes were. There we so many lines of code I put the word the tech told me in the search feature and changed the two instances he showed me. I’m happy!

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