File Upload Types by WPForms Plugin

WordPress File Upload Types Plugin

Do you want to let your WordPress website accept uploads from your users for more file types and to freely upload files? We created the File Upload Types plugin to make it simple for anyone to easily add support for any file types with any extension or MIME type.

How WordPress File Uploads Work

By default, WordPress only allows certain file types to be uploaded to your website’s media library.

If someone tries to upload a file type outside of these whitelisted WordPress file extensions, this can be the cause of the common WordPress errorSorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons message.

It can be frustrating if you’ve created a file upload form in WordPress but the file type you want to accept is a file extension that’s not allowed.

This plugin lets your website upload more file types beyond the limited file extension types that WordPress allows by default.

How does the File Upload Types plugin work?

The File Upload Types plugin works by letting you adjust the internal file whitelist, letting you manually control which types of file extensions your WordPress website can upload.

This way, you can accept any file type through your website and/or any contact form plugin like WPForms.

What file types can I upload to WordPress with this plugin?

The File Upload Types plugin lets you allow uploads of any file extension, including custom file types.

Some common file extension types this plugin lets you add that WordPress doesn’t support natively include:

.ai
.zip
.xml
.svg
.csv
.mobi
.cad
.dwg
.dxf

…and any other file extensions that exist, including custom file types.

We hope that you find the File Upload Types plugin helpful!

Credits

This plugin was created by the team behind WPForms – the best drag & drop form builder for WordPress.

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1. Install File Upload Types by WPForms either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server. (See instructions on how to install a WordPress plugin)
2. Activate File Upload Types by WPForms.
3. Navigate to the Settings area of the File Upload Types plugin in your WordPress admin menu to add file types and MIME types.

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   Settings Page

1.4.0 – 2024-07-17

• New functionality to define file extension and MIME type with sample file.
• The minimum required PHP version is now 7.0.
• The minimum required WordPress version is now 5.5.
• Updated styles and icons.

1.3.0 – 2023-02-15

• IMPORTANT – Support for WordPress 5.1 has been discontinued. If you are running WordPress 5.1, you MUST upgrade WordPress before installing File Upload Types 1.3.0. Failure to do that will disable File Upload Types core functionality.
• Enhancement – Add .world and .heif extensions to the default list.
• Enhancement – The list of mime types was extended with .json, .otf, and .ttf file extensions.
• Enhancement – Do not load the plugin textdomain locally, since it is not needed starting from WP 4.6.
• Fix – Microsoft Office MIME type wasn’t properly supported.

1.2.2 – 2021-06-17

• Fix – PHP notices when invalid files are uploaded.
• Enhancement – Replace jquery.ready with recommended syntax.

1.2.1 – 2021-02-24

• Fix – Correctly load composer autoload.
• Enhancement – Add .eps extension to the default list.
• Enhancement – Add ‘application/pdf’ mime type to .ai extension.

1.2.0 – 2020-09-15

• Feature – Multiple MIME types support for a single extension.
• Fix – WordPress 5.5 not clearing values for reptetitive fields.
• Enhancement – Remove already allowed jpg,jpeg extension from the list.
• Enhancement – Improve ‘add your custom file types’ link’.
• Dev – Deprecate ‘file_upload_types_strict_check’ filter without any alternative.
• Dev – Increase priority of ‘wp_check_filetype_and_ext’ filter to 999.

1.1.1 – 2020-07-02

• Fix – Ignore file types that are already allowed by default.
• Fix – Remove duplicate MIME types of the same extension that could create conflict.

1.1.0 – 2020-05-13

• Refactor – Autoloading plugin files and use namespace.
• Fix – Error uploading file types with numerical extension.
• Fix – Icon position on small sized devices.
• Enhancement – Custom types field color visisbility.
• Enahcement – Parameters to the strict check filter.

1.0.0 – 2020-02-12

• Initial Release