You will need your cPanel username and password to connect to your default FTP account. You can also create your own FTP account in your cPanel if you wish. Here is a helpful article, How to Create an FTP Account in cPanel, to help you create an FTP account. ** The port will automatically default to 21 if left blank. Please note that only VPS/Dedicated plans have root access. To connect via FTP using root, it must be a secure connection. If there is no secure connection available, the connection will fail.Ĭhanging the port to 22 will automatically set the host to making it secured. Now is the exciting part! We will use the FTP credentials you gathered and enter them into your FileZilla FTP.Enter your FTP credentials into their appropriate fields.Note: FileZilla can save your connection details in its history. To establish multiple connections in FileZilla: How to Set Up and Maintain Multiple Connections in FileZilla FTP Next time you wish to use the same connection, just click the pull-down arrow beside Quickconnect and select your FTP username.In the FileZilla application, click File on the top menu.

Click the New Site button to create additional connections.

Provide the login information on the right-hand side under the General tab.

Select FTP - File Transfer Protocol for the Protocol.

For Encryption, select Only use plain FTP.

Once all login information is entered, click Connect.

To organize your multiple new site connections:.

In Site Manager, click the New Folder button.

Drag and drop your site connections into your new folder.

To connect to your predefined site connections:.

In the FileZilla application, click the Site Manager icon’s pull-down arrow just below the File menu.

Select your preferred site connection from the list.

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