WordPress Ipage Issue

The maximum upload size is controlled at the server-level, not by WordPress. Here are three ways you can increase the upload limit:

1. If you can edit or override the system php.ini file, increase the maximum file and post sizes. For example, upload_max_filesize = 100M ; and post_max_size = 100M ;

2. If you cannot edit or override the system php.ini file, add php_value upload_max_filesize 100M and php_value post_max_size = 100M to your .htaccess file.

3. If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to increase the maximum file and post sizes on your account. Keep in mind that most decent hosting providers allow this, and If your hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting provider.

(in the above examples, the limit is set to 100MB)

Thank you for the comments James.
Ipage comment “On our server, the upload max file size is 20 MB and script execution is 120 seconds.”
I was hoping to move from Godaddy but if this sort of thing crops up maybe not
as my old dad use to say “You pay peanuts you get monkeys”

I will however add the line to my .htaccess file assuming that the other option isnt availble will try to remember to post back her

To be honest, that’s a ludicrous restriction to have on a shared hosting account. You pay them for space, but they’re trying their best to keep you from using it.

I’ve never been on a host that does that, and I’ve been on far too many to count.

@gnfb do you know what OS they powering the shared server with?

@gnfb try this; https://websistent.com/using-custom-php-ini-files-on-shared-hosting/

Oh I thought so to and they heavily promote the use of wordpress.
The argument i said was the amount of themes with more than 20mb. When he suggested i did it manually I knew I wasnt going to win
It needs somone in wordpress to have a go at them. I was trying to think of an angle that would make wordpress respond to ipage but anyway

To be honest, there isn’t really much we can do to affect their business decisions. If iPage wants to carry the banner of being a poorly limited host, that’s their call.

In this case, I strongly recommend switching to a different host.

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Automattic, the folks behind WordPress.com, have a few more at https://get.wp.com/hosting/

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