{"id":979,"date":"2022-02-11T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/02\/11\/5972689-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","slug":"5972689-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5972689-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect to Your Hosting Using SFTP in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>SFTP<\/b> is available on all hosting plans which have SSH access included, that is, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Premium<\/a><\/b> and above. Just follow these steps: <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_3996963bc3\">Step 1 &ndash; Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">First, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583645-do-i-get-ssh-access-how-to-enable-ssh-access\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">enabled SSH access<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have installed the client version of <b><a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/download.php?type=client\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">FileZilla<\/a><\/b><b> <\/b>on your device<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_ddab585060\">Step 2 &ndash; Connecting<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can easily connect to SFTP by following one of the options below:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_74a6acb9f6\">Option 1 &ndash; Direct Access<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Open <b>FileZilla<\/b> and fill in the Quickonnect section with the configuration you got from the <b>SSH Access<\/b> section:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: FTP IP from SSH Access section<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>User<\/b>: FTP\/SSH Username<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Port<\/b>: 65002<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/6f9c33df-5462-4cfc-8363-f0594cd1b939.jpg\" width=\"500\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/20f07f69-6618-42d1-bc78-74d2ccc1d339.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Quickconnect <\/b>&ndash; and you will be connected to FTP server &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you encounter an Unknown host key message, check Always trust this host and click OK:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/9736f101-1856-4132-90d4-150ef9eacfa7.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_4573f6b2d2\">Option 2 &ndash; Site Manager<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Unlike Direct access, with Site Manager, you are able to save your previous connection details, as well as change the encryption type.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Open <b>Site Manager<\/b> in FileZilla:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/d456c854-a102-4e1c-9912-f12de329ead8.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>New Site<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/b63788d6-5810-42ac-8a61-0dc8e4af0060.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Select <b>SFTP <\/b>connection:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/9e168ccf-e95c-486a-8170-f2715911e135.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Set the configuration you got from <b>SSH Access or Remote Access<\/b> section:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Protocol<\/b>: SFTP &ndash; SSH File Transfer Protocol<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: FTP IP from the FTP Accounts section (for example, 185.185.185.185)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Port<\/b>: 65002<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Logon type<\/b>: Normal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>User<\/b>: FTP\/SSH Username<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/02\/6263e4e4-3d37-4ba6-8e34-48d70149a56e.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Connect <\/b>&ndash; and you will be connected to the server &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The SFTP\/SSH password is the same as the FTP password of your main domain. If you are not sure about the exact value, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/5634574-how-to-change-your-ftp-password-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">set a new password<\/a> for both FTP and SSH<\/b> or create an <b><a href=\"\/support\/6440760-how-to-change-ssh-password-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">SSH-only password<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting to your hosting plan using SFTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ftp-and-sftp"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5972689-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5972689-como-conectarte-a-tu-hosting-usando-sftp-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/5972689-comment-se-connecter-par-sftp-at-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5972689-cara-membuat-sambungan-dengan-sftp-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5972689-como-se-conectar-pelo-sftp-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/5972689------sftp\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3973,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}