Maximum upload sizes in cPanel are controlled by the set PHP configuration.
This can be increased by:
1. Open up the ‘Select PHP Version’ tool in cPanel
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dashboard_phpversion.png)
2. In the top bar, click on ‘Options’
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/php_options_select.png)
3. Within the options tab, scroll approximately half way down the page to ‘post_max_size’ and set the value to 128MB or higher if required
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/post_max_size.png)
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and increase the ‘upload_max_filesize’ to 128MB or higher if required
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/upload_max_filesize.png)
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/upload_max_filesize_changed.png)
5. Go into your CMS (Content Management System) such as WordPress, and verify the maximum upload size for your files has increased
![](https://cdn.cpanel-help.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wordpress_uploadsize.png)