Setting Up FTP on Your Hosting Account

✦ View files: After you log in via FTP, you can see all the files that are
located on your Web server.

✦ View Date Modified: You can see the date a file was last modified, which
can sometimes be helpful when trying to troubleshoot problems.

✦ View file size: You can see the size of each file on your Web server,

which is helpful if you need to manage the disk space on your account.

✦ Edit files: Almost all FTP clients allow you to open and edit files through
the client interface, which is a convenient way to get the job done.

✦ Change permissions: Commonly referred to as CHMOD, it controls what
type of read/write/execute permissions the files on your Web server
have.

FTP is a convenient utility that gives you access to the files located on your Web server, making managing your WordPress Web site a bit easier.