Connect with SFTP, SSH and WP-CLI
Credentials, keys, the paths that matter and the commands support asks for most often.
Every site has its own isolated user. Nothing on one site can read another, including on plans that host several sites.
Credentials
Sites → your site → Access. The panel shows the host, port, user and document root. Password authentication is available; key authentication is better, and required for SSH.
sftp -P 2222 site-user@sftp.webvuecloud.com
ssh -p 2222 site-user@ssh.webvuecloud.comPaths
| Path | What it holds |
|---|---|
~/public/ | The document root, where WordPress lives. |
~/logs/ | Access, error and PHP logs, rotated daily. |
~/tmp/ | Scratch space. Cleared nightly; never store anything here you need. |
WP-CLI
WP-CLI is installed and available over SSH from the document root.
wp core version
wp plugin update --all --dry-run
wp search-replace 'http://old.example' 'https://new.example' --dry-run
wp db export ~/backup-before-change.sql
Always dry run first
search-replace without --dry-run rewrites the database immediately. Take a database export first; it costs seconds and saves restores.