Title: PDF uploads fail
Last modified: June 22, 2020

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# PDF uploads fail

 *  Resolved [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * (@mtibesar)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/)
 * Hello Jacob,
 * I want to upload PDFs to my albums, please.
 * After I upload a PDF file I receive this error, “Uploaded file is not an image.
   Upload failed.”
 * Is there a setting that I must enable?
 * Thank you very much!
 * Marcus
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpdf-uploads-fail%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * (@opajaap)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/#post-13022394)
 * Table IV-A30: Enable pdf Enable the support of pdf files
 *  Thread Starter [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * (@mtibesar)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/#post-13024903)
 * Good morning Jacob!
 * Table IV-A30 was already enabled.
 * I tried to upload a PDF using the front-end this morning, and it still fails.
 * Jacob, Could you send me a private email to marcustibesar (at-sign) icloud (dot)
   com, and I will recreate your Administrator user account.
 * Thank you very much!
 * Marcus
    Tibesar.com
 *  Plugin Author [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * (@opajaap)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/#post-13024980)
 * Sorry but pdfs can only be uploaded at the backend. This is to prevent that funny
   people upload very funny (i.e. dangerous) things. So, for security reasons.
 *  Thread Starter [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * (@mtibesar)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/#post-13025075)
 * Thank you very much, Jacob!
 * I was able to upload the PDF on the backend.
 * The PDF is a 3mb file (32 pages), and it took about 3 minutes to open. Is that
   normal?
 * Also, thank you for adding PDFs, audio, and video upload capabilities. I don’t
   use video very much since the videos are too big. I place my videos on YouTube
   instead. However, audio is important to my archives for interviews.
 * I hope you and your family are staying healthy, and sane during this pandemic.
 * Best regards,
 * Marcus

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 * Last reply from: [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-uploads-fail/#post-13025075)
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