Is it possible to create a portal larger than 2x3 to the Nether?

Can one create a fully functional 3x3 portal? (That's 3x3 on the inside, and 5x5 on the outside)

If you're wondering why I would want to do such a thing, it's purely for aesthetic reasons. I have a room with a wall 3 wide built deep within my base and it would be more trouble than it is worth to resize the room. Hence a 3x3 portal would be perfect.

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As of snapshot 13w37a, you can now create portals of any size between 2x3 and 21x21. This is a feature in Minecraft 1.7.

As of Minecraft 1.5_01, only 2x3 portals can be created (via Obsidian frames) to provide transport to the nether.

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You can use inventory hackers to give yourself some portal blocks (data value 90) to place down, seeing as it gives you no advantage as such it's not really cheating...

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According to what I know, the 1.7 update allows you to build a portal at any size, but it can't be any smaller than 3x2. So, you can make a Square 3x3 portal, If that's what you're talking about. if you have a 23x23 room, internal space. then you will be able to build the maximum internal space portal, 21x21 internal space

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You can hand-place portal blocks (not the obsidian frame, but the actual purple portal blocks) using MCEdit, which is an external world editor. By hand-placing them, you can make a portal of any shape and size.

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