Hi
I have a front-end form that creates a new ‘pending/draft’ post. I’m asking visitors to submit images via the front-end form with a maximum file size of 5mb. I’ve overridden the default WordPress upload limit to 5mb which works for me when I’m logged in as an admin, but when I log out the front-end form still won’t let visitors upload an image that is more than 2mb.
In the image field settings I also have the Maximum file size set to 5mb.
Here’s my code in the functions file:
function my_pre_save_post( $post_id )
{
// check if this is to be a new post
if( $post_id != 'new' )
{
return $post_id;
}
// Create a new post
$post = array(
'post_status' => 'pending' ,
// 'post_title' => 'A title, maybe a $_POST variable',
'post_title' => $_POST['acf']['field_55c9d6feda3a7'],
'post_type' => 'interpreted'
);
// insert the post
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
// update $_POST['return']
$_POST['return'] = add_query_arg( array('post_id' => $post_id), $_POST['return'] );
// return the new ID
return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post' );
And the form code:
<?php
acf_form_head();
get_header();
the_post();
?>
<?php
$args = array(
'post_id' => 'new',
'field_groups' => array(233, 160),
'form' => true,
'submit_value' => 'Submit Entry',
'html_after_fields' => '<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="cab_submission">',
'return' => 'http://www.cambridgerules1848.com/thank-you',
'form_attributes' => array(
'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data',
'autocomplete' => 'false'
)
);
acf_form( $args );
?>
Problem solved! Because the image field settings already specified ‘MB’ at the end of the field, I was only inserting the numerical value, whereas it actually needs the mb repeating – 5mb not just the 5.
Hopefully this might help out someone else.
More than likely you’ll need to alter the image size limit (upload_max_filesize) on the server php.ini settings. It will depend on your hosting environment exactly how you do that.
I may have found a WP filter that will let you change the upload limit https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/upload_size_limit/
Heh, and you figured it out while I was looking. Thanks for sharing.
No worries, such a silly gotcha. I wonder if that could be clearer or added to the docs somewhere.
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