SSH SFTP Updater Support
"SSH SFTP Updater Support" is the easiest way to keep your WordPress installation up-to-date with SFTP.
4.8(99 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, SSH SFTP Updater Support is a WordPress SSH plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 99 reviews. It has been downloaded 538K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Simple Syntax Highlighting.
4.8/599 reviews
10K+active installs
538K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Keeping your WordPress install up-to-date and installing plugins in a hassle-free manner is not so easy if your server uses SFTP. “SSH SFTP Updater Support” for WordPress uses phpseclib to remedy this deficiency.
To use it, after installing and activating the plugins, add the necessary constants early in the code in your wp-config.php:
a) define('FS_METHOD', 'ssh2');
b) Others as detailed in the official WP codex
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
works great, thank you
by andytriboletti·2 years ago
Just what I needed to update my WordPress plugins on Linode. On Dreamhost it happens automatically, but I can’t run a socket server there.
Perfect
by bscattolini·5 years ago
works right !
Takes some pain off dealing with servers
by skylabb·7 years ago
Thank you for this plugin. It takes some pain off having to work in SFTP and SSH – all the hassle in the name of extra security.
Perfect
by adquila·7 years ago
Simple, easy, and save lot of work TY
Great plugin
by nicozub·7 years ago
This solved my problems with setting up proper SFTP update/installation.
Works perfectly, thank you!
Download Trends
Today: 91Yesterday: 113This week: 623Period total: 37K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.8
39.5%
v1.1
34.5%
v1.0
16.1%
v0.7
8.4%
Other
1.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.1 – 2026/Jan/26
- TWEAK: Prevent PHP notice for undefined variable in a dashboard context
Contributors
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