increase max upload limit in wordpress

Question

I need to upload a PDF file to my wordpress site. When I go to Upload New Media, and try uploading it, it says

FileName.pdf

Answer 1

This applies to cPanel users only. I'm not sure about which versions of cPanel it will work with, but it works with the version 56.0.33.

Login to cPanel > Select PHP version > Switch To PHP Options > Click the greyed out number next to upload_max_filesize > Change > Save

I believe this makes a change to the server's php.ini file.

Answer 2

I'm running WHM / cPanel on a CloudLinux based server. I tried everything. The final solution for me was adding a php.ini file to the /wp-admin/ directory with the following;

memory_limit = 128M
upload_max_filesize = 32M
post_max_size = 32M 

Keep in mind I previously tried a php.ini in the document root and the web root directories and those didn't fix the max upload limitation.