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<\/a><\/p>\nWordPress will show security warning like this, “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.\u201d when we try to upload other file formats. This security warning also show when some web hosts are not permitted\u00a0above file formats to be uploaded<\/p>\n
The easiest way to override this restriction is by adding following to wp-config.php, this constant all all file types to be uploaded to WordPress<\/p>\n
define('ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS', true);<\/pre>\nYou could use following function to allow specific file types<\/p>\n
\nadd_filter('upload_mimes', 'pixert_upload_types');\nfunction pixert_upload_types($existing_mimes=array()){\n$existing_mimes['flv'] = 'video\/x-flv';\n$existing_mimes['mid'] = 'audio\/midi';\nreturn $existing_mimes;\n}\n<\/pre>\nIf you have set file types you could add new file types to Upload Settings in WordPress Multisite\/Network, this setting allow sub-domain to upload new file types<\/p>\n
Go to WP-Admin > My Sites > Network Admin > Settings > Upload Settings, add mp4 to Upload file types (jpg jpeg png gif mp3 mov avi wmv midi mid pdf mp4 ) (32MB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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