diff --git a/pg4wp/rewriters/ShowVariablesSQLRewriter.php b/pg4wp/rewriters/ShowVariablesSQLRewriter.php
index d6d71ca..1eb45e8 100644
--- a/pg4wp/rewriters/ShowVariablesSQLRewriter.php
+++ b/pg4wp/rewriters/ShowVariablesSQLRewriter.php
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ class ShowVariablesSQLRewriter extends AbstractSQLRewriter
     public function rewrite(): string
     {
         $sql = $this->original();
-        $table = $this->extractVariableName($sql);
+        $variableName = $this->extractVariableName($sql);
         return $this->generatePostgres($sql, $variableName);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Extracts table name from a "SHOW FULL COLUMNS" SQL statement.
+     * Extracts Variable name from a "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE " SQL statement.
      *
      * @param string $sql The SQL statement
      * @return string|null The table name if found, or null otherwise
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ class ShowVariablesSQLRewriter extends AbstractSQLRewriter
             return "SELECT '$variableName' AS \"Variable_name\", '' AS \"Value\";";
         }
 
-        // return untransformed sql
-        return $sql;
+        if ($variableName == "max_allowed_packet") {
+            // Act like 1GB packet size, in practice this limit doesn't actually exist for postgres, we just want to fool WP 
+            return "SELECT '$variableName' AS \"Variable_name\", '1073741824' AS \"Value\";";
+        }
+
+        return "SELECT name as \"Variable_name\", setting as \"Value\" FROM pg_settings WHERE name = '$variableName';";
     }
 }