Access the FTP Manager

To begin, you will need to login to your Bluehost account.

Rock

1. Click the Advanced tab from the side navigation to the left of the account.
2. Choose FTP from the sub-menu, or click the FTP Accounts icon from the Files section. Either will bring you to the FTP Accounts page.

Legacy

1. Click the Hosting tab from the navigation menu at the top of the screen.
2. Choose FTP Manager from the files section.

 

Create a New FTP account

Once you have accessed the FTP Accounts page, these steps will explain how to create an FTP account.

1. Under the Add FTP Account section, choose your preferred domain name.
2. Enter the Username:
   • Please note that the username will automatically have your domain added to the end. Example: username@example.com
3. Enter the password you would like to use into the Password and Password (Again) boxes.
   • Please note the password strength indicator must show 20 or better before the password will be accepted.
4. Choose the directory you would like the FTP account to have access to.
   • This will be filled in automatically with the username you entered.
   • This will correspond to a directory on your account.
   • If the directory does not exist it will be created.
   • When this FTP account connects they will be taken to this directory.
   • The FTP account will not be able to access anything outside this directory.
   • Entering "/" will give this FTP account full access to your files.
5. Select a Quota. You can choose unlimited or enforce a maximum size for this FTP account.
6. Click the Create FTP Account button when finished.