I’m currently trying to upload a 166MB file to restore my WordPress site using the All-in-One WP Migration plugin. However, the plugin’s free version restricts uploads to 20MB, and I can’t bypass this limit. I have files referring to the same website in wpress, zipped and gz format as well on my computer. Can’t remember about databases and what these files exactly as I did the backup a longtime ago at a different host.
When I tried uploading the file directly through the File Manager in Control Panel, I hit the upload size limit there as well. I also tried to use FileZilla for FTP/SFTP uploads, but I keep getting authentication errors (“530 Login authentication failed” and “Could not connect to server”), even though I’ve double-checked my credentials multiple times. Splitting the file into smaller parts isn’t an option for me since I don’t have SSH access to reassemble the files on the server.
I’m not very tech-savvy, so I’d really appreciate if someone could help with a simple solution that doesn’t require advanced technical steps.
You ought to upzip the file on your local machine first, then upload the extracted files to the server, instead of trying to drop the entire archive onto the server, because as you just discovered, you cannot.
The file size limit is not imposed by the plugins, it is imposed by the server. So no, no matter what plugin you use, they’ll have the same upload file size limit. You must do the migration with the only intended way: the guide I gave you above.
Thanks, but when I tried I hit the upload size limit of 128 MB. The 20 MB was a size limit of All-In-One WP Migration. That was the first thing I tried. I also tried to use FileZilla for FTP/SFTP uploads, but I keep getting authentication errors (“530 Login authentication failed” and “Could not connect to server”). Tried with both FTP and SFTP.
Then something in the article must have been unclear, because the best thing about that guide is that it does not involve moving big files around. By uploading the extracted files over FTP you avoid that file size limit.
I see. I didn’t know that. I just tried to upload my former website through File Manager to htdocs and got the message of “the maximum upload size allowed (128 MB) by your server configuration”. So, the maximum size of a website could be only 10 MB? What can fit within if I build a website in wordpress with the help of plugins?
Every hosting account comes with 5 GB of disk space, so that’s how big your website can be. You just cannot transfer the entire website as a single file.
Please use a desktop FTP client to transfer the files instead. You can just drag the folder with your website files from one side of the screen to the other side of the screen and FileZilla will do the rest. It might take a while to upload all the files, but it will work, and not require any tinkering.
I see. I am not an export and it was many years ago when I put together my website that I wanted to upload now, but now I see only three files in the backup folder on my computer. One with .wpress, and one with .gz extension and one zipped file that I cannot unzip. All the same size, so I assume they have the same content. So, not sure if I can do anything with them now.
Thanks. The python code worked well, it did the job. However, after uploading many files now encountering issues with the “ECONNABORTED - Connection aborted” error in FileZilla. No idea what the problem is. Each file is well below the limit.