How To Access GoDaddy File Manager Via FTP For WordPress

Introduction

Managing WordPress files directly on your hosting server is an essential skill for website maintenance, troubleshooting, and customization. Whether you need to edit core files, upload custom scripts, fix errors, or manage backups, secure file access is required. In this guide, we explain how to access your GoDaddy hosting account, generate FTP (SFTP) credentials, and connect to your server using the FileZilla FTP client. FTP allows you to safely transfer files between your local system and your hosting server without relying solely on the WordPress dashboard. This is especially useful when the admin panel is inaccessible or when performing advanced changes. By following these steps, you’ll learn how to retrieve your FTP username, password, hostname, and port from GoDaddy, install FileZilla, and connect to your website’s root directory. Proper FTP access ensures better control, faster troubleshooting, and more efficient WordPress file management.

Open your GoDaddy dashboard then scroll down and Click “Manage All”

Select your website.

Click on website options

Click Hosting Settings to view and modify your hosting configuration for your WordPress site.

Click View or Change to access sftp credential.

Click Create New Login to generate new FTP login credentials for your hosting account.

Copy Username and password and save it to notepad

Click again on “View or Change” to copy host and port number

copy hostname and port number and save it to the notepad

search for “filezila” in google and goto official site of filezilla

Click FileZilla Client on the website to view available client versions for download.

Click FileZilla Client for Windows (64bit x86) to select the appropriate version for your system.

Click Download to start downloading the FileZilla Client installer to your computer.

After downloading install filezilla on your computer with default configuration

After configuring you can see such interface on your filezila

fill the details which you have copied on your notepad for connecting

After connecting you can see folder name html on bottom right click on that

After opening html folder you can see all your server files

choose a file and press right click to see the options for managing file such as edit, delete, create etc. remember to keep any text editor (e.g. vscode) on your computer for better editing

Conclusion

By following the steps in this guide, you have successfully retrieved your FTP credentials from GoDaddy hosting and connected your server using FileZilla. This allows you to manage WordPress files efficiently, perform edits, uploads, and deletions safely, and maintain better control over your website. Using a proper FTP client and editor helps reduce errors and improves overall site management.

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