After the Logon Type is selected, enter your SSH username into the User field.Next, select the Logon Type drop-down and click on Key file to authenticate with your SSH key.Inside the Host field, enter your site's IP or hostname.Let's start configuring our new site! With your new site selected, click on the Protocol drop-down and select SFTP.To better identify the site later, go ahead and set a name for the new site configuration.Inside the new Site Manager window, click on the New Site button to create a new site configuration.Begin by opening FileZilla and clicking on the Site Manager icon at the top left.

Let's get started with adding a new site to FileZilla, configuring it to connect to your WordPress site. An SFTP user configured to use your SSH key.

Note: If you don't already have an SSH key pair and are connecting to a WordPress site on Pagely, you may want to take a look at our article on using SFTP at Pagely. In this article, we'll show you how to set up FileZilla using an SSH key pair. FileZilla is an open source solution for Windows, Mac, and Linux that you can use to transfer files to and from your WordPress site.

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