FTP: How to Upload Files

Before you start

To use FTP, you need:

• An FTP client (e.g. FileZilla, Dreamweaver)
• To know your hosting account's type. This way, you can use the right instructions for your type of hosting (e.g. cPanel, Plesk, etc.)
• To make sure that account is set up (cPanel / Plesk / Web & Classic)
• Your hosting account (FTP) hostname, username and password

This guide will help you find the information you need to use FTP with your website.

If you are using Managed WordPress, instead see our guide to using sFTP.

Find your FTP Settings

In order to use FTP with your hosting, you will need the following settings from your hosting account.

Upload your website with FTP

Although we recommend FileZilla for FTP, there are many other programs and Website-builders that use FTP as well. You can use these instructions to upload your Website with FTP with the program of your choice.

More Info

• To let other people access your hosting with FTP, you can add more FTP users (cPanel / Plesk / Web & Classic)
• You can also use FTP to create a backup of your website.

Next step

• View your website's traffic (Web & Classic / cPanel / Plesk)