This problem typically appears when you attempt to upload a WordPress theme or plugin from the WordPress admin area to your website.
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The issue commonly occurs when the file you’re trying to upload exceeds WordPress’s default upload and execution limits. Increasing the default upload limits is the best method to fix the problem using one of the below ways:-
You can Fix “The Link You Followed Has Expired” Error in WordPress by ,
1, Increase the limits in the functions.php file .
2, Increase the limits in the .htaccess file.
3, Increase the limits in the php.ini file.
4, Update the PHP version.
5, Check for the plugin conflicts.
6, Contact hosting provider.
This is a common issue while uploading a WordPress theme or plugin. Generally hosting providers limits the size of the files you want to upload from dashboard. So that when you try to upload larger size it displays a error the link you followed has expired. Below are the methods you can try to solve the issue.
1 Increase the limits by using WPcode.
2 Increase the limits by using ht access.
3 Increase the limits by using php.ini files.
You can avoid this problem by following methods:
• Increase maximum file limit.
For this, Edit the php.ini file or Add a code snippet to your .htaccess file.
You can also ask your hosting provider to increase file size limit for your file size.
• You can also check if there is a contention between your WordPress theme and one of your plugins. You can check and renable that one.
•Sometimes, browser’s cookies or cache are also corrupted,try to clean it and upload it again. Try different browser if this doesn’t work.