Daily Tip: Recommended FTP Settings for Transferring WordPress Files

Have you downloaded or uploaded WordPress files and found that they appear different after the transfer? I recently downloaded a theme using Filezilla and when I opened the files they all had an extra space after each line, a problem which was extremely frustrating. After a bit of research I found that the files were being transferred incorrectly.

While Filezilla normally does this right with “auto” selected on Transfer Settings, for some reason it seemed to change on me. If you’re having issues with the “auto” setting, try selecting “binary” instead. The “binary” transfer mode will copy files exactly, byte for byte.

If you’re using Filezilla, go to Transfer > Transfer Type > and select Binary. This setting shouldn’t give you any issues when transferring any files associated with WordPress sites.