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If you’re building a WordPress Website, then you’ll definitely need to upload files to your website. These may be images, videos, audio, etc. And these may be uploaded to static pages or blog posts.<\/p>\n
Here’s where we run into some problems. By default, WordPress only allows you to upload files of 1 MB or less. And that’s a serious problem! Why? Because most files are over 1 MB! Very small photos may be under 1 MB, but the average high quality photo is around 3 MBs or more.<\/p>\n
What about videos which can run into the hundreds of megabytes?<\/p>\n
Of course, we can crack open our WordPress PHP files and do some editing – if we’re skilled enough! But at this stage, it’s something I won’t advise you to dabble in.<\/p>\n
What’s the solution then? A WordPress plugin called Tuxedo Big File Uploads.<\/p>\n
This plugin, once installed, removes the upload limit and allows you to set a maximum upload size. So you can then upload files as big as your server can hold!<\/p>\n
So let’s go ahead and install this plugin.<\/p>\n
By now, you should know the route. Here it is again. Log into Dashboard (if you’re already in) by typing yourdomain.com\/wp-admin, input using and password and click “Log In.”<\/p>\n
Next click on My Sites >> Network Admin >> Plugins.<\/p>\n
This will load the plugins Dashboard, and you click the Add New button towards the top of the page.<\/p>\n
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Then, type in Tuxedo Big File Uploads into the search bar.<\/p>\n
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As you can see, this plugin has over 10,000 active installations. That means that over 10,000 WordPress websites are using it. It also has 20 ratings averaging 5 stars. And it was last updated 3 months ago.<\/p>\n
So let’s click the “Install Now” button, and then click “Network Activate.”<\/p>\n
Done.<\/p>\n
Now, we head back over to our WordPress Website Dashboard by clicking My Sites >> The Amazonas Hotel in Lethem >> Dashboard.<\/p>\n
And that’s it! We’re done! The next time we go to upload a file, it will no longer have a 1 MB limit. There will be virtually no limit!<\/p>\n
Let’s try it.<\/p>\n
Click on “Media >> Add New”<\/p>\n
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This will load the Media Uploader Page.<\/p>\n
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Wow! Do you see that upload limit? 64 GB? Do you think you’ll ever need to upload a file that big?<\/p>\n
Well. I must say that this plugin did a great job because before we installed it, that limit was set to just 1 MB.<\/p>\n
So see you in the next Lesson: Adding an Image Slider to our Website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"