File Uploads Addon
The file uploads addon adds an upload icon to comment boxes, which allows the user to upload a file with their comment.
Supported File Types
A standard WordPress installation typically allows uploading these file types:- Images
.jpg
.jpeg
.png
.gif
.ico
- Documents
.pdf
(Portable Document Format; Adobe Acrobat).doc
,.docx
(Microsoft Word Document).ppt
,.pptx
,.pps
,.ppsx
(Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation).odt
(OpenDocument Text Document).xls
,.xlsx
(Microsoft Excel Document).psd
(Adobe Photoshop Document)
- Audio
.mp3
.m4a
.ogg
.wav
- Video
.mp4
,.m4v
(MPEG-4).mov
(QuickTime).wmv
(Windows Media Video).avi
.mpg
.ogv
(Ogg).3gp
(3GPP).3g2
(3GPP2)
Adding File Types
It's possible to allow additional file types through WordPress'upload_mimes
filter.
function my_custom_mime_types( $mimes ) { // New allowed mime types. $mimes['svg'] = 'image/svg+xml'; $mimes['svgz'] = 'image/svg+xml'; $mimes['doc'] = 'application/msword'; // Optional. Remove a mime type. unset( $mimes['exe'] ); return $mimes; } add_filter( 'upload_mimes', 'my_custom_mime_types' );https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/upload_mimes