If you want to manually upload a WordPress website, with xCloud, you can manually upload WordPress Websites On xCloud without any hassle. Follow the step-by-step guide below to get started and upload WordPress websites with SFTP easily:
Prerequisites to Manually Upload WordPress Websites with SFTP on xCloud: #
- Disable 2FA if there are any.
- Disable additional security like Cloudways Bot protection, OR Site Grounds Security optimizer from your hosting end.
- Uninstall Must use plugins of hosts.
- Clear Cache and disable cache plugins like Object Cache PRO
- Disable Wordfence or any other security plugins.
Step 1: Create A New Site #
First, you have to log in to xCloud with your credentials. Then click on โNew Siteโ from the xCloud dashboard.
After that, you have to choose your server to upload your site. Click on the โChoose Serverโ field and select your server from the drop-down and before clicking on the โNextโ button.
Now, you will be redirected site creation dashboard. Click on the โManually Upload WordPress Websiteโ option.
Step 2: Add Information To Manually Upload WordPress Website #
Now, select the โMigrate to a New Domainโ option to deploy your manually uploaded site with a custom domain. Fill in the โSite titleโ, โDomain Nameโ and โDNS Setupโ in the necessary fields and click on the next button to proceed.
Here we are creating a demo site. Choose the โDemo siteโ option and click on the โNextโ option.
Step 2: Configure & Install Your Demo Site #
Now, you will be sent to the โSettingsโ step. Make sure to correctly add your โPHP Versionโ, โSite Userโ. Enable or disable the โFull Page Cachingโ, โRedis Object Cachingโ for this site. And if you do not want to index this site in Google then click on the check box to deindex this site.
Next, you choose โAdd Your Existing Databaseโ to add your existing database or choose โCreate Database in Serverโ to create a new database for this site.
Step: Upload Your Site by SFTP/SSH #
Now, you will get two options, one for โUpload from Browserโ and another for โUpload Using SFTP/SSHโ. Choose the โUpload Using SFTP/SSHโ from here and click on the โGenerate Credentialsโ button to
Once the credentials are generated, you will get the โSever Addressโ, โPasswordโ โUsernameโ, โPortโ, โUploaded Pathโ.
Now copy the โServer Addressโ, โUsernameโ, โPasswordโ and โPortโ and go to the SFTP client dashboard. Then enter the credentials in the dedicated fields and click on the โQuick Connectโ button.
Then upload your site file to the โUploaded pathโ provided in the xCloud dashboard, and update the database file into the โdbโ folder using the SFTP client.
And go back to the xCloud dashboard and click on the check box, if you have uploaded both the site and database, then hit the โVerify Uploadโ button. Then click on the โNextโ button.
Step 4: Complete the Site Upload #
Now, if you are ready to go for uploading an existing WordPress website with xCloud, click on the โStartโ button. Within a few moments, your WordPress website will be uploaded to xCloud automatically. You will see the following screen while uploading. Once the migration is successfully complete, you will see the following screen. You go to the site dashboard from there.
After a while your site will be ready and you can visit right from the dashboard. This is how easily you can create your WordPress site manually with xCloud.
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