Yes, Infinite Uploads can host and deliver large software downloads through WooCommerce, including ZIP, RAR, EXE, and MSI files. There are two sides to this: getting large files into WordPress in the first place, and then delivering them securely to paying customers. Big File Uploads handles the first half, Infinite Uploads handles the second, and WordPress itself controls which file extensions are allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you sell software, games, design assets, or any other large digital product on WooCommerce, you typically hit three walls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Infinite Uploads and Big File Uploads work together to solve all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Infinite Uploads offloads your digital download files to cloud storage and serves them through a global CDN. Once a file is offloaded, customers never download directly from your web server. This protects your hosting bandwidth and gives customers a fast, reliable download even on multi-gigabyte files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Infinite Uploads supports both of WooCommerce’s protected download methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both methods keep the download link tokenized through WooCommerce, so customers can’t share the cloud URL and bypass your store. “Redirect only” is also supported but is not recommended because it exposes the direct file URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress inherits your host’s PHP upload limits, which are usually 32 MB to 256 MB. A 4 GB installer will fail long before it reaches the Media Library, regardless of your internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install the free Big File Uploads<\/a> plugin alongside Infinite Uploads. Big File Uploads raises the maximum upload size to whatever you set, and chunks large files into smaller pieces so they survive server timeouts. Uploads also resume from where they left off if a chunk fails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the file lands in the Media Library, Infinite Uploads offloads it to the cloud on the normal upload hook. You don’t need to do anything extra to connect the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress restricts uploads to a pre-approved list of file extensions for security reasons. Infinite Uploads doesn’t override that list. It stores and delivers whatever WordPress lets you upload. If WordPress blocks the file type, nothing can offload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These extensions work without any extra configuration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are the ones that usually trip up software sellers. WordPress treats them as potentially dangerous because they can execute code on a visitor’s machine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The simplest option is a free plugin like File Upload Types by WPForms<\/a> or WP Add Mime Types<\/a>. Both let you tick the file types you need from a preset list and save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you prefer code, add this to a functions file or a small mu-plugin. Adjust for the extensions you actually sell:<\/p>\n\n\n\nAllowing EXE, MSI, and other software file types in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Blocked by default (need to be enabled)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Enabling extra file types<\/h3>\n\n\n\n