{"id":368,"date":"2010-11-22T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T19:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:37:56","slug":"now-have-sftp-access-to-your-staging-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/now-have-sftp-access-to-your-staging-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Now have SFTP access to your staging server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: this post contains out of date information.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had the &#8220;staging area&#8221; feature since day 1, but until now it&#8217;s not been possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/how-to-access-wordpress-files-using-sftp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">use SFTP to access your files<\/a> there. \u00a0Lame!<\/p>\n<p>So now you can. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p>Log into SFTP with the same settings as your normal site, except use: <code>sitename-staging<\/code> instead of: <code>sitename<\/code> as your username. Password, server, etc are all the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you haven&#8217;t created a staging area recently, this probably won&#8217;t work yet. First generate a new staging area, then try it.<\/p>\n<p>Another Note: Remember that our SFTP server is now: <code>sftp.wpengine.com<\/code> and not: <code>sitename.wpengine.com<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: this post contains out of date information.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had the &#8220;staging area&#8221; feature since day 1, but until now it&#8217;s not been possible to use SFTP to access your files there. \u00a0Lame! So now you can. 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