{"id":746,"date":"2019-10-02T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostmate.com.au\/hosting\/?p=746"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:06:00","slug":"how-to-setup-my-ftp-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostmate.com.au\/hosting\/how-to-setup-my-ftp-program\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup my FTP program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"746\" class=\"elementor elementor-746\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eec4d37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eec4d37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c94c3db\" data-id=\"c94c3db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-886eff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"886eff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We recommend using the free <strong>Filezilla<\/strong> FTP client.<\/p>\n<p>You can download Filezilla from here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are the standard settings to configure an FTP client.<\/p>\n<h2><b>For FTP:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Protocol:<\/b>&nbsp;FTP<br><b>Host\/Hostname:<\/b>&nbsp;ftp.yourdomain.com.au<br><strong>Port: <\/strong>21<br><strong>Encryption:<\/strong> Use explicit FTP over TLS if available<br><b>Logon Type:<\/b> Normal<br><b>Username:<\/b> your cPanel username<br><b>Password:<\/b> your cPanel password<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go to the Transfer Settings tab:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tick on &#8220;Limit number of simultaneous connections&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Set &#8220;Maximum number of connections&#8221; to 8.<\/p>\n<p>The first time you connect, a popup will ask you to confirm the security certificate. You can safely click confirm to allow for a secure connection.<\/p>\n<h2><b>For SFTP:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Protocol:<\/b> SFTP<br><b>Host\/Hostname:<\/b> ftp.yourdomain.com.au<br><b>Port:<\/b> 5050<br><b>Logon Type:<\/b> Normal<br><b>Username:<\/b> your cPanel username<br><b>Password:<\/b> your cPanel password<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go to the Transfer Settings tab:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tick on &#8220;Limit number of simultaneous connections&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Set &#8220;Maximum number of connections&#8221; to 8.<\/p>\n<p>The first time you connect, a popup will ask you to confirm the security certificate. You can safely click confirm to allow for a secure connection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend using the free Filezilla FTP client. 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