Download files using cpanel

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Search Advanced…. Select the file or folder that you want to download. That means you can download that single file directly without doing anything. The file manager compression function is needed when you want to download a folder. What you have to do is to select the folder first.

View any recent downloads by selecting the menu icon again and tapping Downloads. There are alternative web hosting account management interfaces some providers use instead. However, cPanel includes many features that are handy for WordPress users. If you are on a Windows system, you might prefer the zip archive for its more significant popularity.

Once the folder is compressed, and the. Select the. We recommend creating a folder WordPress Backups and save the backup file in that folder. FileZilla is one of the most user-friendly and accessible software. It works on both Windows and Mac. Now, you need the following FTP credentials to connect with the webserver. Once you have entered the valid FTP credentials, you are connected to the remote location and your web server. Alternatively, you can create a new WordPress Website Backup folder in your local file system.

Then drag all files and folders from the right remote site panel to your left local site panel into the new WordPress Website Backup folder or select all and then download from the right-click context menu:.

Make sure to see the transfer queue status bar. There you can see the status of queued files, successfully transferred files, and failed data. If files cannot process, you have to download them manually and place them in the right folder. The WordPress website manual backup process is incomplete until you download the backup of the database. There are many ways to download the backup of the database.

Login to your cPanel or a hosting account and Navigate to the Database section. There you can see the phpMyAdmin option. Once phpMyAdmin is opened, you can see all the databases and schema available in the left bar. Select the database you want to export or download. Open the file wp-config. Now select the valid database from the left panel. Then, enter the new name in the text box. Press the Return key to save the change.

How you compress your folder will be based on your OS. The Compress and Extract actions will only work with the. The Search text box at the top-right corner of the interface allows users to search for a specific file. By default, the Search text box searches all files in the home folder. You can also limit the search to the folder in the interface.

Use the Search menu to select the folder to search.