Ian M. posted: " Three new hosting management tools give you direct access to your site's files and data. Have a site on a Business or eCommerce plan? Now you have three new ways to customize your WordPress.com site: SFTP access, database access, and PHP version switc"
Three new hosting management tools give you direct access to your site's files and data.
Have a site on a Business or eCommerce plan? Now you have three new ways to customize your WordPress.com site: SFTP access, database access, and PHP version switching give you behind-the-scenes access to the nuts and bolts of your site, which means more freedom and flexibility than ever before. If you've ever gotten stuck trying to modify your WordPress.com site because you couldn't manually upload file changes or delete something from your database, website management is about to get a lot easier.
You'll find all these features in a new section of your dashboard: Manage > Hosting Configuration.
The Hosting Configuration Screen
SFTP credentials
SFTP is a secure way to access the files and folders on your WordPress.com site using a program on your local computer like Filezilla. Some custom plugins and themes ask you to create specific folders or add files via SFTP. While many of those tasks can be accomplished with tools already built into your WordPress.com dashboard, folks who like using SFTP can now have SFTP access so they can make these changes directly. Check out our step-by-step guide to get started.
Database access
At WordPress.com, we regularly optimize your database so you don't have to, but there might still be times when you need an efficient way to modify data, like purging all the tables created by a plugin you've decided to delete. Accessing your site's database is an effective way to do this.
Database access is a powerful tool, so if you're at all unsure about working with a database, reach out to our Happiness Engineers! If you're unfamiliar with databases, you can also find information on getting started in our help documentation.
PHP version switching
PHP is still one of the key languages used to build the web, and a new version, PHP 7.4, was recently released. WordPress.com sites currently run PHP 7.3, which has been tested extensively across all of WordPress.com, but sites on Business or eCommerce plans can switch to version 7.4 immediately. Learn more.
Since these new tools let you dig into some of the code and data the powers your site, you'll find a link for our support team right from the dashboard so you can get help if you need it. Have fun getting under the hood, power users!
Twenty Twenty was designed with the flexibility of the new WordPress Editor at its core. If you want to use it for an organization or a business, you can combine columns, groups, and media to create dynamic layouts that show off your services or products. If you want to use it for a traditional blog, the centered content column and considered typography makes it perfect for that as well.
It also has been designed and developed to take maximum advantage of the creative freedom enabled by the block editor. Extra care has been given to the Columns and Group blocks, which can be combined into impressive landing pages with intricate blocks layouts. Twenty Twenty includes full editor styles for the block editor, so what you see in the editor will almost exactly match the end result.
Learn more about WordPress's latest default theme here, or check out the demo site!
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