WP not accepting mp3 audio file due to ‘security reasons?’

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  emeraldsun33 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 12:28 am

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  Greetings! I’m trying to upload an mp3 audio file to my blog, using ‘upload’ option and selecting a file from my computer. WP blocks it and says: Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.
  How do I successfully upload this file, please?
  Thank you!

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:17 am

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  Hi there,

  To what site are you trying to upload? http://seekingthebeautiful.wordpress.com/ is on our free plan, and free sites cannot upload any audio files. Doing that requires at least the Personal Plan:

  Accepted File Types