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Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size
Stop fighting your server and start uploading those heavy videos.
HealthyDeclining
83/100
It solves common upload limit problems with ease. The tool is simple and reliable.
Active installs
~109,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.9★
388 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-15%
Declining
500 → 427 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -15% in the last year
500/day a year ago→427/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBig File Uploads is a well-regarded, straightforward plugin for raising WordPress's maximum file upload size, praised for its simplicity and reliability, though the available reviews offer no critical feedback to balance against.
What people like
- +Works as advertised for increasing the maximum upload size without editing WordPress core files×4
- +Particularly useful for uploading large video files×2
- +Simple and quick to set up×3
- +Trusted enough to be installed repeatedly across multiple sites
Common complaints
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.99★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 20%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-08-132025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 388 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★great spoke on the wheelJames I. Bacon
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Perfecto!andalucine
- 2026-05-07★★★★★Very Good!chiloth1-shot
- 2026-04-04★★★★★Really handy!vytaulla51
- 2026-04-04★★★★★cool …qykzoo
- 2026-04-04★★★★★Its Cool Helps my setup.bob4901-shot
- 2026-03-28★★★★★Muito útil e intuitivocuebas
- 2026-03-25★★★★★Great!!saudealex8
- 2026-03-15★★★★★Workswgroth3
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Simply Awesome!!ragashanti1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
432
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
448
Prior 7-day baseline
1,143
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,559
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,267
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-3.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.71
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
99%
5★ share in analyzed sample
20%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+6%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.99 → 4.99★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered