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This article has had a run of hits late in 2021. Note that it is an old article, and I no longer use Flash movies on the site. I think the information is still valid, though. Also note that 1&1 is now known as IONOS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve recently been having a bit of trouble with one of the plugins I use on this site. It started when WordPress was updated. And note that this applies to a shared server<\/strong> with 1&1, though it may be relevant to others with different hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plugin in question displays videos (Flash movies, to be precise), and it isn\u2019t the first time it has gone titsup. The only reason I was using it in the first place was that the uploader built into WordPress is restricted to the size limit for PHP file transfers set by your hosting company. When I first came up against this several years ago my main concern was to get videos working and I didn\u2019t really think about how I could change the basic settings. Since there is no upload size restriction using FTP I just used that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the WordPress\u2019 native uploader would be by far the preferred option, though, because using FTP means you have to install a plugin to display the video (well, you did when I first came up against the problem), then upload the video manually using your FTP client. A simple short code pasted into the article will display the video. Until the plugin stops working, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d had enough of the 8MB upload limit on my server, so set out to do something about it. For anyone else who has run into the same problem – particularly if they\u2019re using 1&1 as their host – here\u2019s how to increase the maximum upload file size limit. Type the following code into a text editor (NOT a word processor – I use Notepad++<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save it with the filename \u201cphp.ini\u201d. Upload the file to the wp-admin folder of your WordPress site. And that\u2019s it. The values here increase the limit to 32MB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the php.ini  file that you will need to target whoever your host is. Some may not let you change it, but others might. The advice above is specifically for 1&1 customers.<\/p>\n\n\n