Why is the connection reset when uploading Wordpress plugin or theme on Ubuntu

nginx, php, ubuntu, wordpress

Solution

I have the same problem and solve it by editing my htaccess, and it looks like this:

 # BEGIN WordPress
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /

 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>

# END WordPress
    # WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded
    <IfModule mod_php7.c>
    php_value max_execution_time 300

    php_value upload_max_filesize 50M
    php_value post_max_size 80M
    php_value max_input_time 300

</IfModule>
    php_value max_execution_time 3000
</IfModule>

- Install the plugin "WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded" (It will help your files not breaking when uploading)

Then only add this part at the end of the htaccess:

# WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
php_value max_execution_time 300

php_value upload_max_filesize 50M
php_value post_max_size 80M
php_value max_input_time 300

</IfModule>
    php_value max_execution_time 3000
</IfModule>

Of course you can also change the numbers!

That helped me! Hope will help you also!

Atanas

Problem

System OS: ``` DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ``` I have installed a LEMP stack: ``` nginx/1.10.0 (Ubuntu) MySQL 5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 PHP 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 ``` The system is hanging and displaying a 'connection reset' error message in the browser when I try to upload a theme or a plugin. I have managed to install some plugins from the Wordpress repository, but I can not install a 15MB plugin I am uploading via a zip from my remote machine via the browser. I have increased the memory limit to 512mb by editing `/etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini` and the php.ini script is now reporting this is taking effect: ``` memory_limit 512M 512M ``` I have also increased the max memory limit in `wp-config.php` by inserting this as the first line in the file: ``` define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M'); ``` I have also created the following settings in the php config file at `/etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini`: ``` max_execution_time = 240 max_input_time = 240 upload_max_filesize = 100M ``` Yet plugins or themes are still not uploading. I have tried both Firefox and Chrome. In Chrome, you get a % complete while the zip is being uploaded. The upload gets to 44% and then crashes, and I get the 'Connection Reset' error in the browser. I have changed ownership of the plugin directory and wp-content directory to `www-data:www-data`. I don't know what else to try, any ideas?

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