Title: Fails with .mobi and .epub
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# Fails with .mobi and .epub

 *  [miden6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miden6/)
 * (@miden6)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fails-with-mobi-and-epub/)
 * I’m a self-published author and would like to offer .mobi and .epub versions 
   of stories on my WordPress site. There are normally restricted files for some
   reason, so I was hoping this plugin would solve the issue.
 * I’ve installed this plugin, but upon attempting to upload the files, received
   the error:
 * “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.”
 * Offering these file types to my readers is one of the primary reasons I moved
   from wp.com to .org, so the security blocking is extremely frustrating and I’d
   love to find a work around that doesn’t include me tinkering with my _functions.
   php_ or_.htaccess _files.
 * matt i.
    matthew-iden.com
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/)

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  [Marco Chiesi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcochiesi/)
 * (@marcochiesi)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fails-with-mobi-and-epub/#post-5340576)
 * Did you insert the mime types?
 *     ```
       epub : application/epub+zip
       mobi : application/x-mobipocket-ebook
       ```
   

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘Fails with .mobi and .epub’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/upload-file-type-settings-plugin.
   svg)
 * [Upload File Type Settings Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/upload-file-type-settings-plugin/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [.mobi](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mobi/)
 * [EPUB](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/epub/)
 * [file types](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file-types/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Marco Chiesi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcochiesi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fails-with-mobi-and-epub/#post-5340576)
 * Status: not resolved