Connecting with Filezilla

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  kevinroysden · Member · Jul 22, 2015 at 3:11 am

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  Hi everyone. So I’m not completely sure how WP works, but I purchased a domain name for my website from WP and a theme from a third-party vendor, but now I can’t quite figure out how to connect using FileZilla. Do i need to be a premium WP member in order to connect to the ftp?

  Any help is appreciated – Kevin.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 22, 2015 at 5:23 am

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  kevinroysden.wordpress.com/ is hosted on WordPress.com and as such you will not have FTP access. Please read this: https://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/

  If you purchased a domain from WPcom, you need to set it as primary domain in your domain dashboard. Follow the instructions in Point 8 in this Support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/register-domain/

  If you purchased a theme from an outside vendor to use on your WPcom website, you’ll need to get a refund. The only themes we can use on WordPress.com websites can be found here: https://theme.wordpress.com/

  Just to clarify, there are a couple of flavors of WordPress. For better understanding about the differences between WP standalone and hosted WPcom, please take a moment to read this Support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Let us know if you need more help with any of that.