Tag: FTP

Manually Updating WordPress Using FTP

On January 21, 2019

Quite isn’t a task on updating WordPress manually using FTP. You often noticed a notification in your admin area when WordPress comes to a stage where a new update is require running the whole of system smoothly. The updates can be a new minor release or sometimes a major one. While you can perform the task simply by doing so via WordPress admin area but sometimes it can’t be possible and you will found yourself in the situation where you have to resist on manual update with using an FTP client.

To Begin

In order to proceed with manual doing, you have to first take a backup of whole of system.
In case, if you don’t have any access to WordPress admin area, then you have to do this manually.
Once you done with backup, you need to download a latest version copy of WordPress from the site WordPress.org.
The downloaded file comes in zip archive, which you have to extract. In that zip archive file, you will notice on finding a folder named “wordpress.”

Uploading WordPress Using FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

To begin, first connect your website using FTP client. We recommend on using Core FTP LE, if in case, you don’t already have a FTP client installed on your computer.
Once connected, go to your website’s root directory and upload all the files inside “wordpress” folder from your computer to your website’s root directory.
Since the similar set of files already installed in your computer, you will notice that you will be getting a message that the filename already exists in the target directory, please choose an option.
All you have to do is to overwrite it and then the box “always use this action.”

Updating WordPress Database

Remember with every new WordPress release, changes must come into WordPress database which means an update is required.
On uploading of all the files to your website, all you have to is to go to WordPress admin area where you will see a note that you need to update database.
Simply click on Update WordPress Database button and you are done, once WordPress will show you a success message once updation got completely.

Deactivating All WordPress Plugins Without WP-Admin Access

By The Editorial Team

On August 13, 2013

In Plugins, Tutorials

Surprisingly hundreds of times troubleshooting does not leads to give you proper results as one or more plugins have not deactivated and/or re-activated properly as it have to be. More the worst is it will leads you even towards get locked out you out of your own WordPress admin panel (basically an oops! Here) resulting in you can’t deactivate any of these plugins in an easy manner.

The condition makes you lead and think that what can possible be done in order to get the issue solved. In this article, we discussed the two possible methods with which you can disable all your plugins without worrying about WP-Admin access. If in case some problem comes between either by deactivating or got any further query, do revert us back via comment box below.

Using FTP

Login to your FTP panel or your host’s file manager
Once in, navigate to the /wp-content/folder where you will see a folder called plugins.
Rename the folder with some different name, say plugins_old.
Once you done with renaming, all of your plugins got deactivated all at once.
If problem are with your plugins, then doing the above will leads you get into your /wp-admin/ after login.
Once you done, go again back to your FTP panel and rename the plugins_old in your /wp-content/directory to plugins.
Now activate each of plugins one at a time and you are done.
Make sure, the problem which is behind the cause of problem, you do report to its author about the error.

Using phpMyAdmin

Once you are in your site’s phpMyAdmin, go to your WordPress database.
In your WordPress database, go in the wp_options table
Here locate the option name as “activate_plugins” and edit the value of that option and change it to a:0:{}

Although the second method – using phpMyAdmin is much easier as compared to first, but its good if you are not aware much of your cPanel or even deeper of your phpMyAdmin activities well, then it’s better to opt for using FTP method to deactivate all your WordPress plugins.

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Uploading Files With WordPress Part – 2

By The Editorial Team

On July 13, 2013

In Tutorials

To upload files and folders with WordPress, you will need an FTP application. The one that makes a fit and comes as free options (like many others) is FileZilla although the following guide will help you over every FTP client with a GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Note: The article is a two-part series and this is the second part in which we will discuss about how to upload a file with WordPress via FTP.

Upload WordPress Via FTP

Before starting with uploading WordPress, it is essential to have WordPress downloaded and unzipped it, on your local machine. Once you unzip the downloaded .zip file, you have to create a folder name WordPress. Make sure you note well the location of this folder in your computer where you store it.

Also see: How To Use WordPress With Your Existing Website

Once you are done with downloading, you have to locate where the WordPress you are having on your computer once you unzipped the file that you downloaded. Once you found it, and clicked the WordPress folder, the windows will show the contents of said folder.

Now, hold the SHIFT key and press the DOWN arrow on the keyboard and highlight all the files and folders in that window. Now, right click and choose upload from the menu. Once done, now site relax and see the things uploading straight to your website. Once uploaded, you have everything installed on your server.

Photo Credit: Flickr/Odyssey