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i have a wordpress website hosted on an aws ec2 and im not able to install wordpress plugins, i get an error Failed to connect to FTP Server 18.119.110.172:21 enter image description here to host a wordpress website on an ec2 i used this video https://youtu.be/8Uofkq718n8, in the security rules for the ec2 i opened port 21 and i know im using the right username and password, i dont know what else to do

eitan
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  • Port 21 is for SSH/SFTP, not regular FTP. Regular FTP is extremely insecure and not really used anymore. You do not need FTP in order to let WordPress install a plugin. Please see the answers to this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17922644/wordpress-asking-for-my-ftp-credentials-to-install-plugins – Mark B Jan 05 '23 at 20:32

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