How to Modify Allowed Upload Mime Types in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to modify allowed upload mime types? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to modify allowed upload mime types in WordPress.

You add or remove allowed file types in the WordPress upload popup. By default, font files like .woff are not allowed to upload in WordPress and this code fixes that.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

function edit_upload_types($existing_mimes = array()) {
    // allow .woff
    $existing_mimes['woff'] = 'font/woff';

    // add as many as you want with the same syntax

    // disallow .jpg files
    unset( $existing_mimes['jpg'] );

    return $existing_mimes;
}
add_filter('upload_mimes', 'edit_upload_types');

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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