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It will also give you a detailed overview of your local and remote site in your FTP client and how to find your root folder. It will show you how to upload the ads.txt file (or any other text file) to the root folder of your website in less than 2 minutes and is a great exercise for anybody who’s just getting started on how to use an FTP programme. The tutorial is about uploading a Google text file but it will also work for any other text file you would like to add to your root folder. FileZilla should now be up and running.Join our mailing list WordPress FTP Filezilla access step-by-stepĪfter installing FileZilla I would highly recommend checking out the video ‘ How to add an ads.txt file to your website‘ which will show you how to use FTP to upload files. So transferring a file from your computer to your server is as simple as locating the file that you want to transfer on the left side of FileZilla and dragging that file to the directory of your choice on the right side of FileZilla.

The same is true if we click on a file on the top right section, we can see that the panel directly below it shows the content of the directory that we clicked on. If we click on a file on the top left section, we can see that the panel directly below it shows the content of the directory that we clicked on. The left two sections show files that are on your desktop and the right two sections show the files on your web host service. Now that your have FileZilla installed, lets go over how to use it.įileZilla can look intimidating and complex at first, but it is actually very easy to use.

Click the connect button and you should now be connected to your server and ready to transfer files.

Put a check mark in the Limit number of simultaneous connections and set the limit to 8.

Next, go ahead and click on the Transfer Settings tab.

Now you can go ahead and enter your cpanel username and password.

I will be using FTP so I will select FTP-File Transfer Protocol

In the protocol field select the protocol you want to use.

In the Port field enter the port suggested by your host.

In the General tab, next to the Host field, go ahead and enter your domain name or server IP address.

Then go ahead and click on the New Site button and enter a name for your site.

Once FileZilla is installed, click on File and then select Site Manager. Just follow the prompts until FileZilla is installed. You will then be presented a few more options. You may be presented with an optional offer for some product, I usually do not accept it. Read it if you want and then click on agree. You will be presented with your standard terms and conditions.

Locate your saved file and double click on it to start the installation of FileZilla. Save the file to your desktop or somewhere that will be easy to locate.

Select the version that you want to download. This will take you to a screen where you can Go to your web browser and search for filezilla.