How to Add Additional File Types to be Uploaded in WordPress

WordPress normally only allows you to upload the most commonly used file types. You can add other file types using a bit of code. In this video, we will show you how to add additional file types to be uploaded in WordPress.

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Summary of this Tutorial:

To get around the limitations you would start by opening your functions.php page.

If you wanted to add a different code you would check out the extension list below.

Related Links:

extension list

http://www.freeformatter.com/mime-types-list.html

Code:

function my_myme_types($mime_types){
$mime_types[‘svg’] = ‘image/svg+xml’; //Adding svg extension
return $mime_types;
}
add_filter(‘upload_mimes’, ‘my_myme_types’, 1, 1);