How do I change the Import WordPress limit of 2 MB for uploading an XML file? Searched everywhere – most people talk about increasing limits in php.ini or .htaccess. Both are unrelated to this issue, and do nothing to the screen which looks like this in WordPress 3.8.1:
This video is the only apparent fix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZsXQ1KrObU
It shows exactly my problem, and how to solve it. Unfortunately – it doesn’t change anything in WP 3.8.1. I’m amazed this hasn’t been addressed.
Found the answer. Create a php.ini file in the /wp-admin directory with the following code:
It won’t work if the file is in the root directory.
you may want to try asking your hosting provider they may have set the upload limit at 2mb and can change it quite easily