Open Core FTP and open the Site Manager. Add a new site and give it a name. Enter your IP address or domain name into the Host / IP / URL field.
Next open the Advanced properties
Navigate to the SSH section and check the box next to Use Putty compatible SFTP. (This is the most important step. Otherwise you will get an Aplication Error SFTP connection error)
Set the Port to 2222 and make sure the connection type is SSH/SFTP. Hit connect.
Open FileZilla and enter your IP address or domain name into the Host field. Add sftp:// before your IP address or domain name.
It should look like this:
sftp://yourdomain.com -or-
sftp://127.0.0.1
Copy your username and password from the WP Engine dashboard into their fields. Set the port to 2222 and connect.
Under the General tab, enter your IP address or domain name into the Host field. Add sftp:// before your IP address or domain name.
It should look like this:
sftp://yourdomain.com -or-
sftp://127.0.0.1
Change the port to 2222. Make sure the SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol is selected.
Logon Type: Normal
Enter your username and password and hit Connect
If you are getting the following errors:
Double check to make sure you added sftp:// before your IP address or domain name
7 Steps to Securing your WordPress installation WP Engine automatically does for you
I came across this tutorial back in June of 2013 “10 Steps to Securing Your WordPress Installation” by Fouad Matin http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-steps-to-securing-your-wordpress-installation/ (which is now http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-steps-to-securing-your-wordpress-installation–wp-21579) which provides some quick and easy steps to take to start securing your install. Reading through it again, I noticed that WP Engine and the newer versions of WordPress do this automatically for you.
1. Remove the “Admin” superuser
WP Engine does not create the “Admin” superuser by default, so there is no account to remove.
2. Choose a strong password
WP Engine automatically installs Force Strong Passwords plugin
3. Limit failed login attempts
WP Engine automatically uses Limit Login Attempts
4. Always update WordPress
WP Engine automatically updates to minor WordPress revisions and automatically updates to major revisions after giving notice.
5. Hide WordPress version
Not feasible. Even if you try the techniques listed
here: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-steps-to-securing-your-wordpress-installation–wp-21579
here: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/the-right-way-to-remove-wordpress-version-number/
You should still be able to find the version number with a tool like Secrui.net’s SiteCheck: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/.
This guy tells you how to do it and then doesn’t even bother himself: http://stanislav.it/wordpress-security-how-to-remove-wordpress-version-number/
6. Backup
WP Engine automatically backs up your site on a daily basis and before and after any updates they perform. You can manually initiate a snapshot from the my.wpengine.com portal, download a snapshot zip, or request a copy of their offsite backup hosted on Amazon S3.
7. Hide your plugins directory
Nothing there. see for yourself: https://scottontechnology.com/wp-content/plugins/
I have recently noticed, first on a client’s site, then this site, that WP Engine is rolling out support for TLS 1.2.
Also numerous other improvements including
I have been using TLS with WP Engine on this site since April 10th, 2015 and in just under two months have seen my overall rating from Qualys SSL Labs improve from a C to a B to an A-.
Graham Cluley, who also hosts with WP Engine, mentioned in his post, And it’s goodbye to HTTP from this website…, that he switched over on March 3th, 2015 and quickly replied to a comment that, “Unfortunately at the moment my hosting provider doesn’t offer TLS 1.1 and 1.2.”
Well good news for Graham, his server configuration has also been updated and he is scoring an A- as well.
and this from back in November 2014
@TimHaines Hi, Tim! Not at this time ^EZ
— WP Engine Support (@WPESupport) November 11, 2014