WordPress FTP Upload Problems and How to Fix Them
There are a few common FTP problems that can occur while uploading a WordPress site via FTP to your server. Usually these kinds of FTP fails occurs even if you provide correct information regarding your host name, username, password, and port number but why this errors still occurs. It because of few following parameters that has to be cross-checked before uploading the WordPress onto the server.
Let’s figure the issues on WordPress FTP Upload Problems…
In this type of error case you might have tried connecting by double checking all the login informations but still can’t connect,so what was the problem here….let’s check what have you done!
1.Have you entered correct details? – errrgh!!!! If,yes is your answer then fine, let’s check the next one.
2.Check your settings: Is FTP is in passive, or active mode?
To make this scenario more clear I have taken FileZilla to show you how it works….
Goto Edit>Settings>FTP => You will get the same screen as shown below,check the connection status-By default the mode will be “Passive”.. check if it’s correct!
If your answer is “YES” => switch to “Active Mode“.
If your answer is “NO” => switch to “Passive Mode“.
If you are in passive mode (which is the default), then switch to active mode, or vice versa.
Don’t forget to click “OK” on the bottom left of the settings window to save your changes. Afterwards, try to connect again. You should be up and running now.
Bit confused right?!! ok, I am giving you straight answers. If your FTP connection is in passive mode change it to active mode & if it’s in active mode choose it to be in “Passive mode”.
After that whatever the connection mode it maybe goto Passive mode there you can find two options so switch the option so shown in the table.
2. “Too Many Connections” Error
In this type is FTP problem your server connection will work absolutely fine but it keeps on disconnecting while trying to upload or download files.Why is it so there may be several reasons for it.
1. You may receive an error -> “You have too many connections“, then the reason beehind this issue is your server configurations are set to a low number of allowable connections for FTP access.
Before we start with this fix, do make sure to abort your current FTP session before continuing with the FTP fix.
To make it more clear I am using Filezilla as an example for fixing this issue. Open your Filezilla under File<Site Manager<Transfer Settings check the Maximum number of connections box value it should be always “1” if no change back the value to 1 and Don’t forget to hit “Save” at the bottom of the page.
For simplicity’s sake, let’s even take WHM (Web Host Manager) as an example for fixing this issue. Log in to your WHM, and navigate from the homepage to “Service Configuration,” to “FTP Server Configuration.” Increase the numbers in both boxes for maximum connections, and maximum connections per IP address. As long as these numbers are higher than they were previously, you should be fine. I usually set this to “100” just to be on the safe side. Don’t forget to hit “Save” at the bottom of the page.
If you don’t have root access to your server, then contact your site’s administrator or your web hosting company. Explain the issue to them, and they’ll help you out.
Now it’s time to clear your current connections manually. I’ll demonstrate how to do this in cPanel. Navigate to the files section, then select the “FTP Session Control” button.
On the page that loads, close all the listed connections by clicking the red “X” button on the right-hand side of each line. Clicking the reload button will refresh the list, so you can be sure you got them all.
This is the part where closing your current FTP session is crucial, as I advised earlier. If you keep your session going, you’ll find more, and more connections keep popping up every time you hit “reload”.
There very well may be several connections to close. This is normal, especially if you’re having this particular problem. Be sure to clear every last single connection.
Now head back over to your FTP client. I’m using FileZilla in this next screenshot. Click “Edit” in the menu, the select “Settings.” Click the “Transfers” page in the menu that pops up.
On the right-hand side, make sure the “Maximum simultaneous transfers” is set to a low number. Typically, this is set to either 1 or 2. Don’t forget to save the changes by clicking “OK.”
At this point, you’re ready to connect through FTP and attempt to upload or download some files. You should be good to go.
If you find you’re still having issues, try going back to the “Transfer” page, and set the limit for concurrent downloads, and uploads to about five or 10, and see if that helps. This usually isn’t necessary, but it does help in the odd case. Other than that, your file transfers should be humming along perfectly now.
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