Problem:
You are running your WordPress instance using the official WordPress Apache image.
However, the WordPress Media page has a maximum upload size of 2 Megabytes.
Solution:
This setting is configured in the php.ini used by the WordPress docker image internally. While it is possible to use a custom php.ini, it’s much easier to edit .htaccess . Just edit .htaccess in the wordpress directory where wp-config.php is located and append this after # END WordPress to set the upload limit to 256 Megabytes:
php_value upload_max_filesize 256M php_value post_max_size 256M php_value max_execution_time 300 php_value max_input_time 300
The change should be effective immediately after reloading the page. Note that you still might need to configure your reverse proxy (if any) to allow larger uploads. My recommendation is to just try it out as is and if large uploads fail, it’s likely that your reverse proxy is at fault.
Full .htaccess example:
# BEGIN WordPress
# Die Anweisungen (Zeilen) zwischen „BEGIN WordPress“ und „END WordPress“ sind
# dynamisch generiert und sollten nur über WordPress-Filter geändert werden.
# Alle Änderungen an den Anweisungen zwischen diesen Markierungen werden überschrieben.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^en/wp-login.php /wp-login.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^de/wp-login.php /wp-login.php [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
php_value upload_max_filesize 256M
php_value post_max_size 256M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300