Title: Upload error code 202″ HTTP error 413 Last modified: October 16, 2020 --- # Upload error code 202″ HTTP error 413 * Resolved [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-code-202-http-error-413/) * I am attempting to restore my wordpress site from updraftplus backup files made last week. There are five files. The first is a small gunzip file that is 1.2MB. It uploads perfectly * The remaining files are zip files starting at 2.4MB and going up to 35MB (yes, this is a small website). Each of the remaining files attempts to upload, reaches what appears to be about 2MB, stops and gives me the 202 error code. * I am running my website on my own server with Ubuntu 20.04, nginx, mariadb, php and wordpress 5.5.1. * I have made the following configuration file changes: * In nginx.conf, I added the following: `client_max_body_size 200M;` * In php.ini, I modified the following: * ``` upload_max_filesize = 200M max_file_uploads = 20 Post_max_size = 256M ``` * In wp-config.php, I added the following: * ``` @ini_set( 'upload_max_filesize' , '200M' ); @ini_set( 'post_max_size' , '256M' ); @ini_set( 'memory_limit' , 256M' ); ``` * Even with these parameters set in the three configuration files I am still getting the message 413 Request Entity Too Large nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu) * Can anyone help? - This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fupload-error-code-202-http-error-413%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/) * (@bcrodua) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-code-202-http-error-413/#post-13546572) * Hi, * “413 Request Entity Too Large” This indicates that the server has been set to refuse uploads over a certain size (some servers can be as low as 2MB). * Alternatively, you can upload the backup files via FTP/cPanel File Manager. * Regards, Bryle * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-code-202-http-error-413/#post-13546755) * Yes, you are right, but your answer doesn’t help. I own my own host and am not using a commercial hosting service for this site. There is no cPanel and I don’t use ftp for uploading as everything is controlled from the console attached directly to my computer. * I can set my server to anything I want and have set the file upload limit to 200M in every configuration file I am aware of (see above) and cannot find where the 2M restriction is hiding. * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-code-202-http-error-413/#post-13547288) * So far I have identified 5 configuration files that can effect limits on uploading files. They are nginx.conf – in /etc/nginx php.ini – in /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php. ini php.ini – in /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini (I have no idea why there are 2) wp- conf.php – in /var/www/wordpress/content functions.php – in /var/www/wordpress/ content/themes/twentyfifteen * In all configuration except nginx.conf files I have set upload_max_filesize = 200M post_max_size = 256M memory_limit = 256M * In nginx, I set client_max_body_size 200M * Files and images less than 2M load successfully * Uploading image files larger than 2M get error message: _Post-processing of the image failed likely because the server is busy or does not have enough resources. Uploading a smaller image may help. Suggested maximum size is 2500 pixels._ * Uploading pdf files larger than 2M sometimes gets error message: _Unexpected response from the server. The file may have been uploaded successfully. Check in the Media Library or reload the page._ and other times gets message: _413 Request Entity Too Large – nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)_ Error message is not consistent– but the file doesn’t upload in either case. * More details: System motherboard: Gibabyte GA Z79X-SLI System CPU: Intel I5 System memory: 32GB OS Linux version: Ubuntu 20.04 (Mate desktop environment) Nginx version: 1.18.0 (Ubuntu) Mariadb version: 15.1 Distrib 10.3.22-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) PHP-FPM version: 7.4 Wordpress version: 5.5.1 * What am I doing wrong? * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-code-202-http-error-413/#post-13547705) * **RESOLVED** * In addition to the configuration files shown above, it is also necessary to increase the file sizes in the nginx server block for the site by changing the default setting: * `client_max_body_size 2M` * to a larger value. For my site I changed it to * `client_max_body_size 200M` * and now all files upload perfectly, even the updraftplus backup files. * I’m not sure why so many configuration files are involved in what should be a simple modification. 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