Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Download Your WordPress Site via FTP

If you're moving your WordPress site to a new web host or backing up your site for safekeeping, it's important to know how to download your site files via FTP. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a way to move files between your computer and a remote server. In this article, we'll show you how to download your WordPress site via FTP step-by-step.

Step 1: Get Your FTP Credentials

Before you can download files from your site, you'll need to know your FTP login credentials. These are usually provided by your web host, either through an email or through your hosting account portal. Your FTP login credentials should include:

• Hostname: This is the address of your server, usually in the format ftp.yourdomain.com.
• Username: This is the username you use to log in to your FTP account.
• Password: This is the password you use to log in to your FTP account.
• Port: This is the port number used to establish the FTP connection. The default port for FTP is 21.

Step 2: Connect to Your Server via FTP

To connect to your server via FTP, you'll need an FTP client. Popular FTP clients include FileZilla, Cyberduck, and WinSCP. In this guide, we'll be using FileZilla.

1. Open FileZilla and enter your FTP credentials in the Quickconnect bar at the top of the screen.

2. Click "Quickconnect". FileZilla will then establish a connection to your server.

3. Once you're connected, you should see two panes in your FileZilla window. The left pane shows the files on your local computer, and the right pane shows the files on your remote server.

Step 3: Download Your WordPress Files

1. To download your WordPress files, navigate to the folder where your WordPress site is installed on your server. This is usually a directory called public_html.

2. Select all the folders and files in your WordPress directory by using Ctrl+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac).

3. Right-click on the selected files and click "Download". FileZilla will then begin downloading your WordPress files to your local computer.

Step 4: Verify Your Downloaded Files

Once FileZilla has finished downloading your WordPress files, you should verify that all the files were downloaded correctly. To do this, compare the size of the files on your local computer to the size of the files on your server. You can do this by right-clicking on a file and selecting "File permissions" or "File attributes". The size of the file should be displayed here.

If the sizes of the two files are different, you may have experienced a problem during the download process, and you should try downloading the files again.

Conclusion

Downloading your WordPress files via FTP is a simple process that can help you move your site to a new host or back it up for safekeeping. With the steps outlined in this article, you should be able to download your WordPress site files quickly and easily.