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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes How to Make Child Themes

Posted by Ryan Scharfer
Ryan Scharfer
Courses Plus Student 12,537 Points

Do we really need a FTP client to make child themes in Wordpress?

I have a Chromebook and cannot use Firezilla. However, I can simply upload files from my computer to my server using the 'upload' button on cpanel.

Am I missing something here? Why do we need a ftp client if we can just use the upload function? Does it simply save a lot of time because of its drag and drop functionality? Sorry, still new to this..

2 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

When you 'upload' something via Cpanel, you are using Cpanel's FTP client ;) It's just a browser-based client. Or, depending on the Cpanel, you are uploading via PHP. It depends.

Moral of the story: No, you do not need an FTP client to upload the files if you can just upload them.

There are also other clients out there besides Filezilla. FTP is just one way to transfer your files from you to your web host.

Filezilla is great when there is no Cpanel and all you get is a Linux terminal.

Matthew Proudman
Matthew Proudman
11,879 Points
Matthew Proudman
Matthew Proudman
11,879 Points

you can use a filemanager plugin or advanced code editor works as well.