Deseja aprender a usar o FTP para fazer upload de arquivos em seu site WordPress?
O FTP, ou Protocolo de Transferência de Arquivos, é uma maneira rápida e simples de fazer upload de arquivos do seu computador para o seu site.
Neste artigo, mostraremos como usar o FTP para fazer upload de arquivos no WordPress.
Aqui está uma rápida visão geral dos tópicos que abordaremos nesta postagem:
O que é FTP?
FTP é a abreviação de File Transfer Protocol (Protocolo de transferência de arquivos). É uma forma padrão de transferir arquivos do seu computador para a conta de hospedagem do seu site. Você pode pensar nisso como um gerenciamento de arquivos para a Internet.
Se você criou um site WordPress, talvez tenha ouvido falar de FTP e se perguntado se deveria usá-lo.
Você usa um pacote de software cliente FTP para se conectar ao servidor FTP do seu site.
Depois que a conexão for estabelecida, você poderá acessar os arquivos do seu site e fazer upload de arquivos do seu computador.
Talvez você se pergunte por que precisa do FTP se pode transferir arquivos para o seu site sem ele.
Você pode fazer upload de arquivos de mídia na área de administração do WordPress. Você também pode fazer upload de plug-ins e temas usando o WordPress.
O FTP é útil porque você pode usá-lo mesmo quando há um problema com seu site WordPress. Por exemplo, você pode usá-lo para fazer upload de um arquivo de plugin ou tema manualmente quando estiver solucionando problemas do WordPress.
Escolha do software de FTP
Primeiro, você precisará fazer download e instalar um cliente FTP em seu computador. Um cliente FTP é um aplicativo que o ajuda a se conectar ao seu site e a transferir arquivos usando o protocolo FTP.
Há muitos clientes de FTP para escolher. Se quiser ajuda para escolher um que funcione em seu computador, consulte nossa lista dos melhores clientes de FTP para Mac e Windows.
Alguns programas gratuitos populares são o WinSCP para Windows, o Cyberduck para Mac e o FileZilla de plataforma cruzada.
Usaremos o FileZilla neste tutorial, mas os conceitos básicos são os mesmos, independentemente do software que você escolher.
Conexão ao seu site WordPress usando FTP
Para manter seus arquivos seguros, o FTP exige um nome de usuário e uma senha. Portanto, ao abrir o software de FTP, você precisará inserir suas credenciais de login de FTP.
Suas credenciais de login de FTP foram enviadas por e-mail quando você se inscreveu na sua conta de hospedagem do WordPress.
Você também pode encontrar as informações da sua conta de FTP no painel do cPanel da sua conta de hospedagem.
Se não conseguir encontrar suas credenciais de login, entre em contato com o provedor de hospedagem para obter essas informações.
Depois de obter as informações de login, abra o FileZilla e selecione a opção File ” Site Manager no menu superior.
Isso abrirá uma janela pop-up na qual você poderá adicionar as informações do seu site.
Você deve clicar no botão “New Site” e fornecer um título para seu site.
Agora é hora de inserir os detalhes de login que você encontrou anteriormente. Na seção de protocolo, selecione SFTP se o seu provedor de hospedagem for compatível com ele. Caso contrário, deixe como FTP.
Você será solicitado a inserir seu host. Normalmente, esse é seu nome de domínio, mas, às vezes, é necessário adicionar “ftp.” no início.
Em seguida, selecione “Normal” para o tipo de logon e digite o nome de usuário e a senha do FTP.
Depois de inserir esses detalhes, clique no botão “Connect” (Conectar) para continuar. O FileZilla salvará as configurações do seu site para futuros logins e abrirá uma nova conexão FTP com o seu site.
Se esta for a primeira vez que você se conecta ao seu site a partir deste computador, o FileZilla poderá mostrar um pop-up de certificado.
Você pode impedir que isso apareça marcando a opção “Sempre confiar no certificado para sessões futuras”. Em seguida, você deve clicar no botão “OK” para continuar.
O FileZilla agora tentará fazer login no seu site usando as credenciais que você inseriu. Uma vez conectado, você verá duas colunas de arquivos e pastas.
A coluna da esquerda lista os arquivos locais em seu computador. A coluna da direita lista os arquivos remotos em seu site. Esse layout permite que você transfira facilmente arquivos de e para o seu site.
Como fazer upload de arquivos para seu site WordPress usando FTP
Agora, você está pronto para carregar arquivos no seu site. Vamos começar com algo fácil. Faremos upload de um arquivo de teste para a pasta principal do nosso site.
Abra o Bloco de Notas ou o TextEdit em seu computador e salve um arquivo em branco. Você pode chamá-lo de test-upload.txt.
Em seguida, mude para seu cliente FTP. Na coluna Local Site, navegue até a pasta que contém o arquivo de teste em seu computador.
Verifique se você pode ver a pasta para a qual deseja fazer upload na coluna Site remoto à direita.
Depois disso, você deve clicar com o botão direito do mouse no arquivo e selecionar “Upload” no menu.
O FileZilla fará o upload do arquivo do seu computador para o site do WordPress. Ele cria uma cópia do arquivo e deixa o original em seu computador.
Não recomendamos o upload de arquivos usando o recurso arrastar e soltar porque ele é menos confiável. Por exemplo, se você acidentalmente arrastar o arquivo para uma pasta, poderá carregá-lo no local errado do seu site.
Isso é importante porque o WordPress espera encontrar determinados arquivos e pastas em locais específicos. O upload de um arquivo para a pasta errada pode causar um problema.
Por exemplo, quando você faz upload de arquivos de mídia usando FTP, eles devem estar em uma pasta dentro de /wp-content/uploads/. Os temas devem ser carregados em /wp-content/themes/ e os plug-ins na pasta /wp-content/plugins/.
Para ver como isso funciona, você pode carregar manualmente um plugin em seu site do WordPress.
Primeiro, você precisa fazer o download do plug-in e depois descompactá-lo. Você encontrará uma pasta que contém o plug-in.
Dica: você pode baixar plug-ins gratuitos do WordPress visitando o diretório Plugins no site WordPress.org.
Certifique-se de que você possa ver essa pasta na coluna esquerda do seu cliente FTP. Em seguida, navegue até a pasta wp-content/plugins/ na coluna Remote.
Depois disso, você pode carregar a pasta do plug-in do seu computador para o site.
O plug-in levará mais tempo para carregar do que o nosso arquivo de teste.
Quando o upload estiver concluído, você precisará visitar a página de plug-ins na área de administração do WordPress para ativar o plug-in.
O upload de um tema premium é semelhante. Primeiro, você precisa fazer download e descompactar a pasta do tema em seu computador. Depois disso, você pode carregá-la na pasta/wp-content/themes/ em seu site.
Download de arquivos do seu site WordPress usando FTP
O FTP não é usado apenas para fazer upload de arquivos do seu computador para o site do WordPress. Ele também pode ser usado para fazer download de arquivos para que você possa editá-los.
Basta clicar com o botão direito do mouse no arquivo que deseja baixar na coluna Site remoto e selecionar “Download” no menu. O arquivo será transferido para a pasta que você está visualizando na coluna Local à esquerda.
Você também pode usar o FTP para fazer backup de seus arquivos do WordPress. Basta selecionar todos os arquivos e pastas e baixá-los em seu computador.
Mas lembre-se de que esse não é um backup completo do seu site WordPress. Todo o seu conteúdo está armazenado em um banco de dados, não nos arquivos que você baixou.
Se quiser fazer backup do seu conteúdo também, você pode fazê-lo criando um backup manual do banco de dados do WordPress.
Dica: a melhor maneira de fazer backup do WordPress é usar um plugin de backup do WordPress. Recomendamos o uso do Duplicator porque ele vem com backups programados que você pode salvar com segurança na nuvem e restaurar seu site com um clique quando necessário.
Esperamos que este tutorial tenha ajudado você a aprender como usar o FTP para fazer upload de arquivos no seu site WordPress.
Talvez você também queira ver nosso guia passo a passo de segurança do WordPress para iniciantes ou conferir nossa lista de plug-ins obrigatórios do WordPress para expandir seu site.
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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.
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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.
Sam Shah says
Hi
I installed WordPress via FTP client , But i want to upload another ready to host website in zipped format in which i want to make changes in like i want to change the banners & affiliate links to my own. How can i do the same?. Because i did upload it but could not edit it after that. Can you please help me with this?. Thanks a lot
Elethu Duna says
Thank you for this. I was locked out of my site yesterday when I edited my functions.php file. After freaking out, taking a deep breath (as instructed by one of your articles), laughing from nervousness, trying a few things and eventually taking time of to clear my head, I finally managed. Took me a couple of minutes.
Amy says
What am I doing wrong? Both Filezilla and Cyberduck say they cannot connect to server. I ran a diagnosis and there is not an issue with connect to the internet. I listed hostgator as my host.
WPBeginner Support says
Please recheck the credentials you are using to log into your FTP server. If you are unsure, contact your hosting provider.
Administrador
Alex says
Thank you for your help! This and related posts helped me get through my coding error without freaking out too much. For some reason, my website is still messed up (I didn’t have the functions.php saved, so I just removed the bad code and saved the rest to access my website as admin), but at least it’s not entirely inaccessible!
Ása Steinarsdóttir says
I locked myself out of my WordPress after I put a code snippet to the function.php file. I know where the error is. I do not have a backup of my files of my website (my computer recently crashed). Can I still enter the function.php somehow and remove the code?
Or does my hosting company have access to those files?
WPBeginner Support says
You can still access your site using an FTP client. After connecting to your site navigate to /wp-content/your-theme-folder/functions.php file and edit it.
Administrador
Sarah says
I downloaded Filezilla and it came with a browser hijacker. Do not download it.
david says
what is the
host name, username, password and port number as seen on the filezilla platform?
WPBeginner Support says
These values will be provided by your web hosting provider when you set up your account. You can also get these details from your web hosting control panel. The hostname is your server’s location, and username and password are your FTP login credentials.
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George says
The important things missed in this tutorial are:
What are the host ftp, username, password and port number to be used with Word Press.
Without these information, FileZilla can not transfer your files.
Large file transfer presents a problem. Usually the server will cut off the transfer if your files would take to long time to transfer. To reduce the size of your file, you have to apply some file compressor program before you use FTP. For example the video files are usually very large and need to be compressed before you can use FTP to transfer them.
WPBeginner Staff says
You are not supposed to be editing the core WordPress files. You can edit your posts and pages using WordPress admin area. Or if you want to change something in your theme then you can do that in Appearance -> Customize section.
If you still must edit the files using FTP then first make sure that you have a complete backup of your WordPress site.
moojapk says
how long it will take to save wordpress through fillazilla in computer
Brian C Whiteman says
I have been looking for an hour for an answer..
What file in FileZilla holds the pages that are installed on my site?
I want to edit something on a page that I can’t seem to edit in my wp editor.
WPBeginner Staff says
Please see the difference between WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
Eric says
So I dl’d FileZilla but I’m confused about the ‘host’. All I did was hop onto WordPress.com and started my blog, but I don’t have any of the initial emails because I did it a while ago. Is wordpress my host? Or are people using other parties to “host” their sites?
Amanda says
I second this – can I edit using FTP if we’re just using the free wordpress site?
Lindsay Hoffman says
I am still confused. I logged into FTP but now I am trying to fix the problem. What happened is I tried to put an ad from google adsense into a different sidebar by putting code into my website. That created a syntax error and now I am locked out.
This website says you can delete a file and hopefully you saved the original. But I didn’t save an original so what do I do. How do I find the spot where I put the code and be able to just delete that select area out so I can get my site back?
The video doesn’t say that.
Thanks.
WPBeginner Staff says
Wampserver is used to test WordPress on your local windows PC. You do not really need an FTP client to copy paste files in WampServer. You can just go to the /www/ directory in WAMP install folder and paste WordPress files there. See our guide on how to install WordPress using WAMP.
abc says
I have installed word press now i have to upload files to server. Im using wamp server. How will i upload files n start using wordpress. Basicaly im a bit confused by the term file uploadinh on server
WPBeginner Staff says
You can try this FTP like file manager for WordPress.
Robert V Hatcher says
I have a webcam and software and I want to ftp images directly to my wordpress site. I can successfully upload them to /mysite/wp-content/uploads but they don’t show in the Media folder. What am I doing wrong?
WPBeginner Staff says
Files uploaded directly to the uploads folder are not actually uploaded by WordPress so it doesn’t recognize them. When you upload a file using WordPress media uploader, WordPress generates thumbnails for the file, stores file name, and allows you to even store additional details. Manually uploaded files do not go through this process so WordPress has no thumbnails for them and has no record of them in the database.
Robert V Hatcher says
Is there a plugin that can do that?
Ben P says
Hey WP Beginner,
I found this article while looking up how to use a ftp to edit WP files. This makes sense but what I really want is to figure out how to update my theme without losing my changed options and editted css files.
My theme creator says, ” please install the zipped theme file in the regular way on your wp admin. Then go to your ftp and change the language files if you need. Or unzip the theme and copy-paste your language files, then zip it with WinRAR. Finally install and activate via your admin.”
So I have installed the new theme but when I activate it all of the options reset to default and my edited css is gone. I’ve searched through your site for an article on this subject but I can’t find anything on updating themes without losing edits.
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support says
Ben once you have uploaded your theme to your website and activated it, you can then edit individual files using FTP. For example after uploading and activating your theme you can download style.css file to your computer make changes to it and upload it back to your server. The FTP client will tell you that a file with the same name already exists what do you want to do? Click on onverwrite and this should work.
Administrador
Amol says
hi i have build my wordpress site locally on localhost & i want to upload that site to server i dont know how to do this please help me i am a new to wp
WPBeginner Support says
We have a guide on how to move WordPress from localserver to live site.
Administrador
Dan says
Beginner question! I am totally new to all of this and appreciate all of your videos and lessons. Thank you.
Can you help me understand something?
– Can I use EITHER WordPress admin OR an FTP client to do things like install a theme or plugins, work on files, etc.?
– Can I install a theme via the admin panel and then later connect via FTP and work on the files, etc.?
Basically, I am trying to figure out if it is either WordPress Admin OR FTP or if I can use either depending on my mood. : )
– Finally, are there any specific advantages to using one over the other?
Thank you for your time.
Editorial Staff says
1. Yes, you can either or.
2. Yes you can install a theme in the admin panel and later use FTP to work on files.
The rule of thumb we follow:
Use WordPress admin to do updates // install plugins // write articles
Use FTP to modify files (i.e add snippets to functions.php etc)
Administrador
Dan says
Thanks! That’ very helpful.
Peter says
Cyberduck is a great client and can be used under Windows too
Janelle says
Good stuff…Thanks
Prabhakar Msihra says
Nice One :). Was looking for the same thing, lucky to find it here
md.ikhtiar says
nice video. thanks brother.
hillers54 says
@wpbeginner
Hi Mr Beginner – not heard of WS_FTP.
Notice you are using Pro.
Does that mean it is not free?
wpbeginner says
@hillers54 Yeah filezilla is neat… WS_FTP has pretty much all SFTP / SSH settings as well. I love the UI for WS_FTP.
hillers54 says
Nice one – love the video.
Now I can put a face to these articles.
Agree, you must have FTP to get access.
One thing to mention about Filezilla – they have a couple of secure FTP settings, which my host supports.
Worth using Filezilla just for that.
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