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    rgregory is offline Hello World
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    Default Hosting audio files?

    I have a friend that is going to post audio files once a week. Some of the files are 20mb and WP has a 2MB limit for this type of stuff.

    There will be at most 100 downloads a week (Most likely 10, but hey, be prepared right).

    I have setup blubry podcasting plugin for them, but what is the best option for hosting the audio?

    I tried the blubry proprietary cloud thing, but it won't recognize the password, and frankly I've given up on it.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

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    WordPress has no inherent file size limit, it gets its limit from the underlying PHP settings.

    You need to alter two values: "post_max_size" and "upload_max_filesize". These are php settings that you can usually change via a php.ini file or an .htaccess file. You may need to ask your host how to alter them correctly.

    While you're at it, up the "memory_limit" to at least 64M, to prevent issues further down the line.

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    rgregory is offline Hello World
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    Thanks Otto! That really helped with the small site.

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    neovita is offline Hello World
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    If you get slammed with traffic another option is to host your audio files on a separate host than the rest of the site. This will keep your site from going down if your podcast gets featured on iTunes.

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