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Increase Maximum Upload File Size
Increase maximum upload file size limit to any value. Increase upload limit - upload large files.
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- Updated
- 3 years ago
Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size
Enable large file uploads in the built-in WordPress media uploader via file chunking, and set maximum upload file size to any value based on user role …
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- #417 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1.6M
- 1,640,649
- Downloads, 30 days
- 79.2K
- 10K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 402 reviews
- Last updated
- 24 days ago
- Oct 7, 2026
- Version
- 2.2.2
- 23 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 7, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.6 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | January 8, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | No threads opened |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 402 reviews
| 5 stars | 391 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 5 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 5 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Big File Uploads lets you upload large media files directly to the media library with the WordPress media uploader. Increase your maximum upload size to any value – as large as your available disk space allows – and add file chunking to avoid server timeout errors.
Bypass the upload limits on your server, set by your hosting provider, that prevent you from uploading large files to your media library.
Big File Uploads automatically detects upload limits set by your server or hosting provider, allows you to increase the maximum upload size, and prevents timeout errors by uploading files in chunks.
No messing with Apache/PHP initialization files or settings. Just activate the plugin, set the upload size as large as you like, and use the media uploader as you normally would.
Big File Uploads Plugin Features
- Set maximum file upload file size as large as your hosts available storage
- Upload large files to your media without FTP or SFTP
- Built-in file chunking (upload large files in small pieces preventing timeout errors)
- Control maximum upload size limit
- Get smart recommendations based on available space in your temporary uploads directory
- Set maximum file size for each user role with upload capabilities (Administrator, Editor, Author)
- Set a separate maximum file size by file type – images, audio, video, documents, and archives
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
What is the biggest file size that can be uploaded?
Uploads can be as large as available disk space for temporary files allows, or up to the maximum upload size limit you set in Settings -> Big File Uploads -> Uploading Files.
Can I set a different upload limit for videos than for images?
Yes. Turn on “Customize by file type” in Settings -> Big File Uploads and give images, audio, video, documents, and archives their own maximum size. Any type you leave blank uses the main limit, and the per-type limits can be set once for all users or separately for each user role.
How do I change how often the email summary arrives, or turn it off?
Go to Settings -> Big File Uploads and choose Monthly, Weekly, Daily, or Off under Email Summary, then save. Every summary email also includes a link to that setting. The summary is not available on multisite networks.
Where does the email summary get its numbers?
From your own site: the media library and the results of your last storage scan. The summary is created and sent by your site to its admin email address, and it never runs a scan of its own to build the email.
Is Big File Uploads a free plugin?
Yes all features of the Big File Uploads plugin are completely free and do not have a premium upgrade.
Will Big File Uploads allow me to increase the upload limit for a form plugin (or other plugin) that allow users to upload on the frontend of my website?
No. Frontend uploading built-in to plugins like Forminator, Gravity Forms, and WPForms do not use the same process as the WordPress media uploader on the backend of WordPress. Big File Uploads only works with the backend uploader or plugins that use the built-in media uploader code base to process the files.
Latest changelog entry
2.2.2 [2026-10-07]
- New: Email summary of your uploads. Big File Uploads can email the site admin a summary of the last month, week, or day: files uploaded and storage added compared with the previous period, a breakdown by file type, the largest upload, and the totals from your last storage scan. Nothing is sent for a period with no uploads.
- New: Email Summary setting under Settings -> Big File Uploads to choose Monthly (default), Weekly, Daily, or Off, showing the recipient and when the next summary will be sent.
Screenshots
Set maximum upload file size for all users. 
Customize upload size by user role. 
Customize upload size by file type. 
Disk utility for analyzing storage usage.
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- 70,000+
- Rating
- 4.9 (99)
- Updated
- 29 days ago
Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.