As title states - I cannot (either using the front-end or back-end), upload an image/file/etc that is larger than the settings limiting users on the front-end. Admins and Moderators should be exempted from these limits, so they can post larger official files or other content.

I'm currently setting up a System account so that it's gallery can be utilized for official images and files. Users have a limit of 2MB on images in their galleries, but we have some larger high-quality PNGs we'd like to put in the System account's gallery. To do this currently, I have to re-configure the settings for all users, do the uploads, then re-configure back to original settings. It's a royal PITA.

If there's another way around this, it would be good to know what it is.


Edit: in the meantime, we've changed the plan. We're using FTP to push larger files up to the server, and linking to them with the Gallery. Makes it a 2-step process which is a little less convenient, but it works for now.

Apparently Super Users are also not exempt from validation rules, even on the back-end. Is that by design?

We're fine with FTPing larger files up into other directories and linking them, but it seems like the limitation on SUs on the back-end should be lifted for gallery uploads. Just my .02