The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your WordPress Website with FTP

Have you ever needed to upload multiple large files to your WordPress website or modify file permissions? By default, WordPress’ back-end doesn’t allow you to bulk upload media files or modify file permissions. However, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) enables WordPress site owners to access the web server directly to take care of these tasks and more. In this post, we’ll cover the basics of FTP and discuss why you might need to use it for your WordPress site. We’ll also recommend three of the best FTP clients for WordPress users. Finally, we’ll wrap up with a quick tutorial on how to get started with WordPress FTP.
Let’s get right to it!
An Overview of FTP
FTP is a network communication protocol that gives you direct access to a remote web server. You can use FTP to transfer files between your computer and the server, modify file and directory permissions on the server, download files from the server to your computer, and more. In a nutshell, FTP enables webmasters to manage files on a web server without having physical access to the server.
FTP was developed in the 1970’s by an MIT student with the purpose of allowing files to be securely transferred
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