PrestaShop Troubleshooter. Resolve the issue “The uploaded file exceeds 2M”

Upload theme to server directly

1. Log into your cPanel dashboard and enter the File Manager (or use FTP connection).
2. Go to your store’s root folder.
Most stores use the main domain, so the root folder would be public_html. If you are using a subfolder (e.g. example.com/shop) then you would look for public_html/shop.
3. Click on the themes/themeXXXX/ folder (XXXX in your theme number).
4. Upload the themeXXX.zip file from ‘themeinstallator’ folder of the template you have purchased to themeXXXX folder.
5. In your PrestaShop admin panel go to Preferences -> Themes. Click Add new theme button: 
6. In Import from FTP section upload your theme: 

Increase the PHP upload limits

1. Log into the cPanel dashboard enter the File Manager (or use FTP connection).
2. Go to your store’s root folder.
Most stores use the main domain, so the root folder would be public_html. If you are using a subfolder (e.g. example.com/shop) then you would look for public_html/shop.

In php.ini file increase the PHP upload limits:


4. If the upload_max_filesize is greater than post_max_size, you must increase post_max_size so that it is larger than upload_max_size. If the value of post_max_size is greater than memory_limit, you must increase the memory_limit so that it is larger than post_max_size.
5. Save the changes.

Hopefully, this tutorial was helpful for you.