Allow custom type file upload

[tomasbrescia]

Hello!

I’m currently working on allowing some custom file types for downloadable products without luck.

I need to allow vendors upload ‘.ex4’, ‘.ex5’ and ‘.mql’ files.

Would you guys help me achieve this?

Thanks!

[Sushobhan]

Hello,
WCFM allows for the same file extensions defined by WordPress. You can see the full list via WordPress Codex: Uploading Files.
You can add additional allowed extensions by using ‘upload_mimes’ filter. Take a look at the the following sample code –

function my_custom_mime_types( $mimes ) {
    // New allowed mime types.
    $mimes['ex4'] = 'application/octet-stream'; //mime type of the file goes here
    $mimes['ex5'] = 'application/octet-stream';
    $mimes['mql'] = 'application/octet-stream';
    return $mimes;
}

add_filter( 'upload_mimes', 'my_custom_mime_types' );

Add this code to your child theme’s functions.php

In case you do not have child theme then add code using this plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/

Note: A quick Google search suggest me the mime type ‘application/octet-stream’. If the above code doesn’t work please check the mime type of each of these extensions from here https://htmlstrip.com/mime-file-type-checker.

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