Make WordPress Core

Opened 10 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

#28367 new enhancement

Video upload failure is a dead end

Reported by: ryan's profile ryan Owned by:
Milestone: Awaiting Review Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 3.9.1
Component: Upload Keywords: make-flow
Focuses: Cc:

Description

"VID_1234.mp4 exceeds the maximum upload size for this site."

That's what you see on most hosts when trying to upload a video, even one only a few seconds long. This is a dead end that could be so much more helpful. Just a link to a codex page on how to bump upload_max_filesize and post_max_size or install a video plugin would be welcome, but this seems a place where we should aspire to greater smoothness.

Attachments (1)

screen-shot-2014-05-16-at-8-32-16-am.png (19.4 KB) - added by ryan 10 years ago.

Download all attachments as: .zip

Change History (6)

This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #meta by boren. View the logs.


9 years ago

#2 @ryan
9 years ago

  • Keywords make-flow added

This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by boren. View the logs.


9 years ago

#4 @pento
9 years ago

upload_max_filesize and post_max_size can both be set in .htaccess. This only works for PHP 5.3+, but it would mean a smoother experience for the vast majority of people.

#5 @dd32
9 years ago

This is a case where WordPress should use plupload's chunking features to upload files in mutliple chunks which are smaller than, or equal to, the maximum upload size.

Note: See TracTickets for help on using tickets.