increase max upload limit in wordpress

Question

I need to upload a PDF file to my wordpress site. When I go to Upload New Media, and try uploading it, it says

FileName.pdf exceeds the maximum upload size for this site.

I tried looking for my php.ini file but could not find it. I ran phpinfo() by creating a new file and then opening it in my browser and found this.

Configuration File (php.ini) Path 
C:\Windows

Loaded Configuration File 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\PleskPHP5\php.ini

I placed a php.ini files with

upload_max_filesize = 512M
post_max_size = 512M
max_execution_time = 300

in wp-admin, httpdocs and everywhere I had access, nothing worked The max upload file size is just 8 MB. Please help me, My client needs to upload that file.

Note: Please don't tell me to restart server, as I can't, It is a hosted site.

Answer 1

WHM/CPanel users Only

I have been struggling with this for a while now, I found the most simple way to solve this to login to your WHM > PHP Configuration Editor > Change (upload_max_filesize) then hit "SAVE".

This makes a change to your server's php.ini file (the simple way).

Answer 2

This applies to cPanel users only. I'm not sure about which versions of cPanel it will work with, but it works with the version 56.0.33.

Login to cPanel > Select PHP version > Switch To PHP Options > Click the greyed out number next to upload_max_filesize > Change > Save

I believe this makes a change to the server's php.ini file.