Six Hard-to-Ignore FTP Clients For WordPress

Often times, you’ll require to make changes or updates to your WordPress files. Since all the files are kept on the web server, you’ll need to connect to the server to access your files. There are two different ways following which you can get your files stored on the server and can make the necessary changes:

• You can either use the “File Manager” option available in your web host’s control panel for getting the files.
• Or, else you can use FTP (a.ka. File Transfer Protocol) client to upload and download the files stored on the server.

The majority of WordPress users prefer using an FTP client for accessing their WordPress files, when they can’t access their website editor. If you too are interested in utilizing an FTP client to gain access to the files present on your web server, then below is a list of some of the best FTP clients worth exploring:

1. FileZilla

FileZilla is a free and most popular open source FTP solution that can be used for uploading and downloading files of a WordPress website for major platforms such as Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux to name a few important ones. In fact, it’s the most stable FTP solution that works well on all versions of Windows.

Despite being a free-to-use FTP client, FileZilla offers many useful features like cross-platform support, remote file editing, multi-language support, and a lot more.

What’s more? It comes with a user-friendly and easy to use interface, making it easy to upload/download and manage your WordPress site files and folders. Lastly, it helps in securing file transfer using SSL/TLS.

2. SmartFTP

SmartFTP is an FTP client that provides support for Windows 10, and helps in transferring files in-between your local computer and a web server. It supports a lot of file transfer protocols such as FTPS, SSH, SFTP, and WebDAV to name a few important ones.

This FTP software comes loaded with ample number of basic, as well as, advanced features. Most importantly, it is a powerful tool that helps in offering secure and efficient file transfer services. Plus, it can be used for publishing and maintenance purposes and a lot more.

3. CyberDuck

One major problem with most of the FTP is that you’re required to enter login credentials correctly, but even a small mistake will make you fill out the credentials over and over again to get connected. However, Cyberduck FTP can help overcome such an issue, as it comes with a bookmark tool that make your FTP credentials handy.

Cyberduck is also a free to use FTP client ideal for Mac and Windows platforms. Just like FileZilla, even Cyberduck comes integrated with a user-friendly interface except that it helps in connecting to different servers like WebDAV, FTP, and SFTP. Most importantly, it allows to distribute content in the cloud.

4. LFTP

If you’re looking for a reliable and sophisticated FTP solution for the Linux platform, then LFTP is exactly what you’re looking for. This open-source application comes with command line interface and supports many protocols, including FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.

Using LFTP, you don’t need to worry about handling non-fatal errors. This is because every operation is retried automatically in case an error occurs. For instance, in case the downloading process breaks, it will get restarted automatically from the same point where it stopped.

This file transfer program is useful for the dynamic-ip machines whose IP address changes frequently. In fact, it is an ideal FTP solution for websites having bad Internet connectivity.

5. WinSCP

WinSCP (also referred to as Windows Secure Copy), is an open-source FTP client that provides integration with Windows. It also supports SFTP, WebDAV and SCP protocols. This file transfer program, basically, helps in carrying out a secure file transfer between a local and remote computer.

Though, availability of too many options on WinSCP interface will make you presume this FTP client complicated, however, it is actually a lot simpler to learn. WinSCP comes with a rich set of features like integrated text editor, batch file scripting, semi or fully directory synchronization and so on.

What distinguishes WinSCP from other FTP clients is that it can help in uploading files while retaining connected original date or timestamps.

6. NcFTP

NcFTP is a file transfer program in UNIX. Regardless of being a command-line interface, NcFTP is used by people all across the world. As a matter of fact, it has become one of the most reliable and stable software in comparison with other FTP softwares.

This FTP client can run on several major platforms like Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. It is an excellent choice to be used as a commercial FTP server, as it helps in providing fast, flexible and secure file transfer service for worldwide production servers.

Conclusion

If you don’t have access to your website editor, then you won’t be able to edit and make changes to the core files. If that’s the case, then using an FTP program can help you meet such an objective with ease. In this post, I’ve shared a list of six of the best FTP clients that can be used for making changes to the WordPress website files.

Author Bio :

Ava Garcia is a passionate WordPress developer who likes sharing her knowledge about latest advancements in the world of world of web development. If you’re looking to hire WordPress developer, then Ava can prove to be an intelligent choice.