¿Quieres aprender a utilizar FTP para subir archivos a tu sitio web WordPress?
FTP, o Protocolo de Transferencia de Archivos, es una forma rápida y sencilla de subir archivos desde su ordenador a su sitio web.
En este artículo, le mostraremos cómo utilizar FTP para subir archivos a WordPress.
He aquí un breve resumen de los temas que trataremos en esta entrada:
¿Qué es el FTP?
FTP es la abreviatura de File Transfer Protocol (protocolo de transferencia de archivos). Es una forma estándar de transferir archivos desde su ordenador a su cuenta de alojamiento de sitios web. Es como gestionar archivos en Internet.
Si ha creado un sitio web con WordPress, es posible que haya oído hablar de FTP y se haya preguntado si debería utilizarlo.
Utiliza un paquete de software cliente FTP para conectarte al servidor FTP de tu sitio web.
Una vez realizada la conexión, podrá acceder a los archivos de su sitio web y subir archivos desde su ordenador.
Te preguntarás para qué necesitas FTP si puedes transferir archivos a tu sitio sin necesidad de él.
Puedes subir archivos de medios desde tu área de administrador de WordPress. También puedes subir plugins y temas con WordPress.
FTP es útil porque se puede utilizar incluso cuando hay un problema con su sitio de WordPress. Por ejemplo, puede utilizarlo para subir un archivo de plugin o tema manualmente cuando esté diagnosticando problemas de WordPress.
Elegir un software FTP
En primer lugar, tendrá que descargar e instalar un cliente FTP en su ordenador. Un cliente FTP es una aplicación que le ayuda a conectarse a su sitio web y transferir archivos mediante el protocolo FTP.
Hay muchos clientes FTP entre los que elegir. Si desea ayuda para elegir uno que funcione en su ordenador, puede marcar / comprobar nuestra lista de los mejores clientes FTP para Mac y Windows.
Algunos programas gratuitos populares son WinSCP para Windows, Cyberduck para Mac y el multiplataforma FileZilla.
En este tutorial utilizaremos FileZilla, pero los conceptos básicos son los mismos independientemente del software que elijas.
Conexión a su sitio WordPress mediante FTP
Para mantener la seguridad de tus archivos, el FTP requiere un nombre de usuario y una contraseña. Así que, cuando abras tu software FTP, tendrás que introducir tus credenciales de acceso / acceso a FTP.
Sus credenciales de acceso / acceso FTP le fueron enviadas por correo electrónico cuando se registró en su cuenta de alojamiento WordPress.
También puede encontrar la información de su cuenta FTP en el Escritorio cPanel de su cuenta de alojamiento.
Si no encuentra sus credenciales de acceso / acceso, puede ponerse en contacto con su proveedor de alojamiento para obtener esa información.
Una vez que tenga la información de acceso, abra FileZilla y seleccione la opción Archivo ” Gestor de sitios del menú superior.
Se abrirá una ventana emergente en la que podrás añadir información sobre tu sitio web.
Debe hacer clic en el botón “Nuevo sitio” y poner un título a su sitio web.
Ahora es el momento de introducir los datos de acceso que has encontrado antes. En la sección de protocolo, debes seleccionar SFTP si tu proveedor de alojamiento es compatible con / dar soporte. De lo contrario, déjalo como FTP.
Se te pedirá que introduzcas tu alojamiento. Normalmente es tu nombre de dominio, pero a veces tienes que añadir ‘ftp.’ al principio.
A continuación, seleccione “Normal” como tipo de inicio de sesión e introduzca su nombre de usuario y contraseña de FTP.
Una vez introducidos estos datos, haz clic en el botón “Conectar” para continuar. FileZilla guardará los ajustes de tu sitio web para futuros accesos y abrirá una nueva conexión FTP a tu sitio web.
Si es la primera vez que se conecta a su sitio web desde este ordenador, es posible que FileZilla le muestre un mensaje / ventana emergente de certificado.
Puedes evitar que aparezca marcando la opción “Confiar siempre en el certificado para futuras sesiones”. A continuación, haz clic en el botón “Aceptar” para continuar.
FileZilla intentará acceder a su sitio web utilizando las credenciales que introdujo. Una vez conectado, verá dos columnas de archivos y carpetas.
La columna de la izquierda enumera los archivos locales de su ordenador. La columna de la derecha muestra los archivos remotos de su sitio web. Esta estructura / disposición / diseño / plantilla le permite transferir fácilmente archivos desde y hacia su sitio web.
Subida de archivos a su sitio WordPress mediante FTP
Ya está listo para subir archivos a su sitio web. Empecemos con algo fácil. Vamos a subir un archivo de prueba a la carpeta principal de nuestro sitio web.
Abre el Bloc de notas o TextEdit en tu ordenador y guarda un archivo en blanco. Puede llamarlo test-upload.txt.
A continuación, cambie a su cliente FTP. En la columna Sitio local, vaya a la carpeta que contiene el archivo de prueba en su ordenador.
Asegúrese de que puede ver la carpeta a la que desea subir en la columna Sitio remoto de la derecha.
A continuación, haga clic con el botón derecho del ratón en el archivo y seleccione “Subir” en el menú.
FileZilla subirá el archivo desde su ordenador a su sitio WordPress. Crea una copia del archivo y deja el original en su ordenador.
No recomendamos subir archivos arrastrando y soltando porque es menos fiable. Por ejemplo, si arrastra accidentalmente el archivo a una carpeta, es posible que lo suba a un lugar equivocado de su sitio web.
Esto es importante porque WordPress espera encontrar ciertos archivos y carpetas en ubicaciones específicas. Subir un archivo a la carpeta equivocada puede causar un problema.
Por ejemplo, cuando subes archivos de medios mediante FTP, deben estar en una carpeta dentro de /wp-content/uploads/. Los temas deben subirse a /wp-content/themes/ y los plugins a la carpeta /wp-content/plugins/.
Para ver cómo funciona, puede subir manualmente un plugin a su sitio web de WordPress.
En primer lugar, debes descargar el plugin y descomprimirlo. Encontrarás una carpeta que contiene el plugin.
Consejo: Puede descargar plugins gratuitos para WordPress visitando el directorio de plugins del sitio web WordPress.org.
Asegúrese de que puede ver esa carpeta en la columna izquierda de su cliente FTP. A continuación, vaya a la carpeta wp-content/plugins/ en la columna Remote.
Después, puede subir la carpeta de plugins desde su ordenador a su sitio web.
El plugin tardará más en cargarse que nuestro archivo de prueba.
Una vez que haya terminado de subirse, tiene que visitar la página de plugins dentro de su área de administrador de WordPress para activar el plugin.
La subida de un tema premium es similar. En primer lugar, tienes que descargar y descomprimir la carpeta del tema en tu ordenador. Después, puede subirlo a la carpeta/wp-content/themes/ de tu sitio web.
Descarga de archivos de su sitio WordPress mediante FTP
FTP no sólo se utiliza para subir archivos desde su ordenador a su sitio web WordPress. También se puede utilizar para descargar archivos y poder editarlos.
Basta con hacer clic con el botón derecho del ratón en el archivo que desea descargar en la columna Sitio remoto y seleccionar “Descargar” en el menú. El archivo se transferirá a la carpeta que esté viendo en la columna Local de la izquierda.
También puede utilizar FTP para hacer copias de seguridad de sus archivos de WordPress. Sólo tienes que seleccionar todos los archivos y carpetas y descargarlos a tu ordenador.
Pero recuerde que no se trata de una copia de seguridad completa de su sitio WordPress. Todo su contenido se almacena en una base de datos, no los archivos que ha descargado.
Si también desea hacer una copia de seguridad de su contenido, puede hacerlo creando una copia de seguridad manual de su base de datos de WordPress.
💡Tip: The best way to back up WordPress is by using a WordPress backup plugin. We recommend using Duplicator because it comes with scheduled backups that you can securely save on the cloud and restore your website with 1-click when needed.
Esperamos que este tutorial te haya ayudado a aprender a utilizar FTP para subir archivos a tu sitio web WordPress.
También puede consultar nuestra guía de seguridad de WordPress paso a paso para principiantes o comprobar nuestra lista de plugins de WordPress imprescindibles para hacer crecer su sitio.
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Moinuddin Waheed says
I have used FileZilla for uploading website through ftp lately but have not used for years.
Ever since then I have made many almost all the websites on live server and for waiting time period kept the website behind coming soon page.
Nevertheless, using ftp to upload websites is a good way and has been in good practice since long.
Thanks for the detailed step by step guide.
Owen says
How do you then access the files from your WordPress side of things?
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on the files you uploaded, this would normally be used to add plugins or fix files that had an issue, but if you wanted to upload media files using FTP then we would recommend taking a look at our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-bulk-upload-wordpress-media-files-using-ftp/
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Jay says
Hello,
I’ve successfully uploaded an mp3 file to my wordpress “uploads” folder via the ftp client Transmit, however, the file doesn’t show up in the media browser in the site’s dashboard. Is there another step I need to take for it to appear there? Thanks
WPBeginner Support says
For media specific files, you would want to take a look at our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-bulk-upload-wordpress-media-files-using-ftp/
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Gabriel says
Rather hard to explain the problem (if it even is a problem) but I manage to connect using a personally created FTP acc in the control panel of my website. What seems to be throwing me off is that under the “remote site: /” bar all that appears is a “/” folder, and that’s it. Am I missing something here? From videos, I’ve seen additional folders pop-up like “.htaccess” and such.
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to reach out to your hosting provider to help fix the FTP account and where it is pointing on their hosting.
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Gabriel says
Appreciate the response. You guys seriously have such an awesome team to reply to comments.
Anna says
If I have my site developed locally on my computer using MAMP, what is the process of uploading it to my site using FTP? The site does not have WordPress installed yet . Can I just upload all files ? Thanks for your help.
WPBeginner Support says
For that, you would want to take a look at our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-from-local-server-to-live-site/
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Jonathan says
The link you gave for Filezilla download was not direct to download page (there was some note about moving it, likely since you wrote this article).
WPBeginner Support says
Thank you for letting us know, the link should be updated
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Eneh Stanley says
Please after following the step in your guide, with a theme and I decided to change my theme, will the setting work right or not
WPBeginner Support says
FTP is not affected by the theme active on your site or changing themes.
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Tania Miller says
This weekend I discovered my website was offline. My website is offline again this morning so I downloaded Filezilla as recommended. Having attempted to log-in this morning using Filezilla, the message is coming up “cannot connect to server” so I’m guessing this is their server error and not an issue on my website?
WPBeginner Support says
You would likely need to check with your hosting as that would be the most likely issue.
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ALEXA says
HI
Greetings
i want to ask from you that, i am a biginner i have domain and host and how could i install wordpress, the website was live before but now its not
how could i start?
thanks
WPBeginner Support says
For installing WordPress you would want to take a look at our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/
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Kelly H says
Do you have any insight – I successfully connected through FileZilla but my Remote Site is blank. What am I doing wrong?
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to check with your hosting provider to ensure you’re connecting to the correct folder
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Jokine54 says
Will I be able to edit and customize a template I uploaded with filezilla in my WordPress ?
Let me put it this way: after uploading a template to my WordPress with filezilla, will I be able to find it the template in my WordPress so that I can customize it?
I hope my question was clear a bit
WPBeginner Support says
As long as you placed the theme in the themes folder you should be able to edit it the same as any other theme
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Rishav Raj says
I can’t see a public_html folder in Filezilla for my website. Also, when I uploaded a sitemap, and copied the url to the search console, it shows invalid and ‘couldn’t fetch’. Plus, Google is useless about this. I’m so lost, help me out here please?
WPBeginner Support says
Depending on your host, where you connect initially could be your public_html folder. To add your site to Google Search Console, we would recommend taking a look at our article here:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/google-search-console-ultimate-guide/
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Laura says
Thank you so much for posting this!! I did have one question, when trying to upload my site to wordpress, does the wordpress site itself have to be live in order to connect via filezilla? I keep receiving connection timed out and can’t connect to server…
WPBeginner Support says
The site shouldn’t need to be live, you may want to reach out to your hosting provider to ensure there are no errors with your connection or from their end.
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Okiki Adebajo says
Thanks alot, this really helped me. I watched the video and understood it more better.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our video and article could be helpful
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Miguel Bentivegna says
I really found this helpful! and not only this but most of your other blog posts and articles! Thanks!
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our content could be helpful
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Kiki says
Hello! Not sure if you have made a post about it before, but I’m wondering about what to do if you close yourself out of wordpress dash. I once made changes to a file within wp dash editor and i could’nt access it anymore, it also left my site with an error.
For that I had to contact my hosting provider.
If something happens where not even the hosting company can help access wp dash again, is there something specific we would have to do?
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Kiki,
Please see our article on what to do when you are locked out of WordPress admin area.
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Atta Ul Monim says
I have designed a WordPress website on localhost. Can I upload it to WordPress.com (Having purchased hosting plan), with all of my settings and customizations? Please guide. Thanks
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Atta,
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
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Abraham says
Hey your post is really fantastic and useful. but what i need to know is in my case I am not trying to upload a plugin or a theme. I am trying to upload a couple pages together in a folder that can be opened directly with a URL. And I am completely lost. because my files in the folder were uploaded already besides the folders like wp-admin or wp-content. but when I try to type in a browser mydomainname.com/foldername (you understand what I mean i hope), I get nothing. So I don’t know what to do. And those pages are html pages that I want to upload so that they could be seen exactly as in my Kompozer and not as my other wordpress pages.
Could you help me please?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Abraham,
Please see our article on how to upload a html page to WordPress without 404 errors
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Christi says
This was fantastic!! I barely know what I’m doing and had updated plugins and then received a parse error. Through these instructions I have my website back!! Thanks!
Ryan Hellyer says
This is horrendous advice. Why on earth would recommend anyone use FTP to upload files to their website?
The gods invented SFTP for a reason. Use that instead.
WPBeginner Support says
Hey Ryan,
Our audiences are beginners and we didn’t want to confuse them with the jargon. We feel that many FTP clients support FTP over TLS and many hosting providers support it as well. But you are right, we should have mentioned that users should select SFTP when available. We have updated the article to let users know that it’s best to use SFTP when possible.
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saravanan says
hi i am having a parse error in my site i tried using filezilla and followed your steps but i couldn’t login into the server please help me and save my life team i am in very critical situation.
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Saravanan,
You can try accessing files using File Manager in cPanel dashboard.
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Rachel Vetter says
Thanks so much! This seriously saved my life, and only took me a little while with the help of this video. Much appreciated
Mike says
Thanks.
My blog vanished when I updated one of the plugins.
You saved my butt – and my blog
Fanios says
I recently built WordPress site on xampp server for my company which have its own data center.They want the site to be hosted on windows server 2012 in this data center by buying domain name from ISP.So,can you please guide me how to do this.Thanks in advance and a really appreciation all your tutorials and efforts.
Tom Josef Guban says
I would like to ask. is it possible to import an entire folder from ftp server to wordpress instead of importing a single file? If so, how is this possible? Thank you.
sachin says
how to upload local server wordpress files to live server???
can you upload some video?
Armando says
thanks for this excellent video, I would like to ask you about videos, what happened if you have a video that you cannot uploaded from wordpress and instead you need to use FTP (where is the Media folder) to drop this file?
Thanks a lot
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Armando,
You can upload it to /wp-content/uploads/ folder.
However, the video will not appear in your WordPress media library inside admin area. You can still manually add the video by entering its URL.
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Alvaro says
I love you so much! I really appreciate your help, you just saved my life.
David Komarnicki says
Your voice is clear. You delivery, for me. a beginner, was so fast -along with your speed of mouse movement, your presentation became- because of the speed – was impossible for me to follow. Is there a way for me to slow down your Delivery?
Sincerely,
David
Darran says
Hi, I locked myself out of my site after I changed the url’s when attempting to move from ,wp, sub directory to public_html for live site. If I have a back-up of before I altered the home and site url’s can I upload it using ftp, or do I need to make changes in phpmyadmin first? Thankyou in advance.
Dwaynethewriter says
So everything is perfect when i use the Edit tool but as soon as I publish, there are no spaces between paragraphs. I tried looking for the Editor in Appearance but my WP Admin page does not have that feature. How do I fix this?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Dwayne,
If you are adding text to a PHP or HTML file, then you need to wrap it around paragraph tag <p> and </p> tags.
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Luis says
Hello this is a really great tutorial; but i have a question, i dont have much experience, so im trying to set the winSCP, but it gave me this error message conecting to (my host name) acces denied, and ask me to put the pasword again, if some one can help me i will be really happy.
Rachel says
Thank you. This video saved me! Clear information for someone who would not even call themselves a beginner yet! Much Appreciated
Amálka says
I installed and connected filezilla to my site, but in Remote site section appear nothing…. What can I do?
John Young says
Hi,
In order do use FTP do i have to download one of the FTP clients?
Thanks for you help in advance
WPBeginner Support says
Yes. See our list of best FTP clients.
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LindaLisha says
You are a life saver…was terrified of losing the site over one plugin
Frankl says
hi….am using a local host ISS7 and web matrix to power up my word press. and i have absolutely no idea of using file zilla to upload my files into wordpress. please i need help… thanks
Barbara says
You definitely saved my life
I’m one of those people trying to do all by themselves, and got locked out by my site.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Patricia says
@Barabra,
Same here, I’m doing my own business set up. I love this plug-in! Once you understand the structure of WordPress, it’s a blast to use.
I love their plug-ins and the ease of the design.
Asad says
I am yet to buy the domain from any hosting provider. I am new to WP. How to configure filezilla for hostname: ***.worpress.com? is it possible?
WPBeginner Support says
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Administrador
Carl John Carolino says
Please help me. After editing the functions.php of my site, this appeared: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<' in /home/carljohn/public_html/wp/wp-content/themes/blog-start/functions.php on line 83. How will I resolve this problem?
WPBeginner Support says
Please see our guide on how to fix syntax error in WordPress.
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Priscilla says
Hi!!
Hmm… So I’m new at this whole FTP programs thing.. And as I have to completely change and update my company’s website, I wanted to use the domain but switch everything else to WordPress… Do you have any tutorial about this switch?
Thank you!
Heike says
Just signed up to WordPress, but unfortunately I have not received an email yet telling me the ftp details. Where can I request them? Is it possible to upload an entire website to WordPress? Thanks for ur help…
WPBeginner Support says
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
If you are sure that you are using WordPress.org, then please ask your hosting provider for help.
Administrador
Sarah says
Blah, blah, blah. What the heck is the WordPress FTP server? I know how to use ftp but I don’t know the wordpress server?!?!
WPBeginner Support says
Your WordPress server is the computer where your WordPress site is stored by your web hosting company. An FTP client allows you to connect to that computer and upload or download files. Please contact your web hosting service provider for your FTP login credentials.
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Amit Bhuttan says
Thank You!! This was very useful info & saved a lot of time in restoring the corrupt php file and now my website is up and running again…. saved me a great amount of time in redoing hell lot of development……. I appreciate you.
Mario M. says
I am a new webmaster, and was sent Login Info for WordPress and the FTP.
There was also a link and so I clicked on the link and it sent me to a login dialog box. I entered the login info and password then nothing happened. Why???
Dee says
Great video. The issue I have is I wanted to upload a video file into the media folder using FTP, I followed these steps and could not locate de media folder, how can I do tha?
Brenda Young says
Thank god for you guys! I got no help from my theme provider, or wordpress.org to fix my problem I locked myself out with Error 500 editing functions.php file and you nailed it down for me!!! Hours spent previously trying to figure out what to do and you saved the day—- YOU ROCK
jeff says
Can you tell me if I can use wordpress.org as a store? I have a dropship company that can give me FTP files of their products and upload to a website. I have to build a new website so maybe wordpress.org??
WPBeginner Support says
Yes you can use WordPress to build your website.
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Erica says
Thank you so much! This post was a life saver.
Saadiya says
Hi,
I have purchased my domain from wordpress itself. Now, I am trying to migrate from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. I do not find any control panel in my wordpress account. How do I do it? I am already going through your tutorial on https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/#installftp, but am not sure which is suitable. Please suggest.