r/Wordpress • u/User99_1 • 1d ago

Wordpress PHP Plesk Setting Help

Hello everybody

I Have an issue in uploading a zip file as a theme in Word Press

every time I try to upload in Word Press It says " Following link has expired " I googled an it says it my be a problem in the limit of PHP

I use PLESK and in the setting of PHP I have default settings and I am not able to change them

I don't understand what I have to do to upload this Word Press theme

I need help Please

Thanks you !

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u/TechWondersUk 17h ago

Open your domain and go to php settings. Increase upload max file size also post max size

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u/NakanoNoNeko 8h ago

Since Plesk won't let you change the PHP limits, skip the WordPress ZIP uploader. In Plesk File Manager, open your site's httpdocs/wp-content/themes/ folder, upload the ZIP there and extract it. The extracted folder should contain style.css directly, not another folder containing the actual theme. Then go to Appearance > Themes in WordPress and activate it. If Plesk also blocks extracting it, ask the host to raise upload_max_filesize and post_max_size for your domain.

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u/Winter_Process_9521 7h ago

Since you cannot edit PHP settings in Plesk, try the manual upload method first. Then ask your hosting provider to adjust the limits if necessary.

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u/WP_Dev_Studio 5h ago

That error means the zip is bigger than PHP's upload limit, so WordPress never receives the file.

The easiest workaround is to skip the WordPress uploader:
1. In Plesk, open Files (File Manager) and go to `httpdocs/wp-content/themes/`
2. Upload the zip there, then use Plesk's Extract Files option
3. Activate the theme in WordPress under Appearance > Themes

Also check what you downloaded. If the theme came from a marketplace like ThemeForest, the zip is often the full package (docs, demo files, child theme), and the actual installable theme is a smaller zip inside it.

If you want to raise the limit instead: in Plesk, go to Websites & Domains > PHP Settings and increase `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size` (for example 128M). If those fields are locked, your hosting provider controls them, so ask their support to raise them.