[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36677: WP 4.5.1 severely limits image upload size to under 2 MB

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#36677: WP 4.5.1 severely limits image upload size to under 2 MB
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 Reporter:  Pixeldrummer       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media              |     Version:  4.5.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Pixeldrummer):

 ''This in reply to your request for values, `upload_max_filesize` and
 `post_max_size` from our server admin:''
 ...public policy is 10M, goodman is 32M, civitas is showing 10M. That
 would mean that there's no way the php.ini setting is going to be limiting
 uploads to 2M. Even accounting for the fact that base64 encoding increases
 the size by roughly 33%, even the 10M limits should allow more than 6MB
 even if the raw post size is getting limited rather than the real file
 size.

 Replying to [comment:4 azaozz]:
 > Thanks for the explanation.
 >
 > I've assumed this was a PHP configuration problem as the error message
 and the limit match exactly the (old) default in PHP. Could you check what
 are the values of `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size` to rule them
 out.  Also, could you experiment with several different themes (including
 the default Twenty *) to confirm if this is caused only by that theme or
 is more common.
 >
 > I know there were some problems with Imagick using more memory while
 resizing uploaded images, but then PHP will run out of memory and the
 error message will be different.

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