Big File Uploads Changelog

by | Apr 4, 2026

Version: 2.1.7
Tested Up To: 6.8.5
Requires WP: 5.6
Requires PHP: 5.6

2.1.7 - 2025-09-02

  • ⚡️ ImprovedWordPress 6.8.2 compatibility.

2.1.6 - 2025-01-07

  • ⚡️ Improved2025 update.

2.1.5 - 2025-01-07

  • ⚡️ ImprovedCopyright update.

2.1.4 - 2025-01-06

  • ⚡️ ImprovedFAQ updated for security bug reporting.

2.1.3 - 2024-09-06

  • 🔒 SecurityFixed Authenticated (Author+) Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in error messages. Props @netc4t.

2.1.2 - 2023-10-25

  • 🔒 SecurityMinor improvement for dismissing the review notice (CSRF).

2.1.1 - 2022-08-17

  • ✨ NewCompatibility with Easy Digital Downloads plugin.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedTemp directory protected from direct access.

2.1 - 2022-08-14

  • ⚡️ ImprovedCan now handle files of any size, limited only by disk space rather than system temp directory size.

2.0.3 - 2022-07-03

  • 🔒 SecurityPrevent OS command injection in rare hosting configurations. Props Marco Nappi.

2.0.2 - 2022-02-03

  • 🔧 FixedConflicts with some theme builders like Themify.
  • 🔧 FixedPartially uploaded big files with missing chunks no longer show as successful — now fails with an error message.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedOptimized default chunk size to limit requests.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedSmoother Gutenberg editor support with a custom error message directing users to the media library uploader.
  • ✨ NewTimed review notice linking to wordpress.org.

2.0.1 - 2021-06-30

  • 🔧 FixedUpgrade notice sometimes appearing in wrong places in the admin area. Props Nick H.

2.0 - 2021-06-20

  • ⚡️ ImprovedDevelopment and support now managed by Infinite Uploads.
  • ✨ NewAbility to set maximum upload size by user role.
  • ✨ NewDisk Utility module for analyzing storage usage.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedSettings moved to a dedicated Big File Uploads tab under the WordPress Settings menu.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedUpdated UX design.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedReplaced confusing maximum retries and chunk size options with sane defaults, overridable via define.
  • ✨ NewInstall Infinite Uploads and upload large files directly to your cloud account.
  • ⚡️ ImprovedNotifications.

1.2 - 2016-09-04

  • ✨ NewMaximum upload size limit setting.
  • 🔒 SecurityUploads now go through admin-ajax with check_admin_referer called before any chunks are processed.

1.1 - 2016-01-12

  • ✨ NewWordPress Multisite support (subdir, subdomain, and pre-WP3.5 networks).

1.0.1 - 2016-01-09

  • ✨ NewFallback if the file info extension is missing.

1.0 - 2015-12-20

  • ✨ NewInitial release.