Title: FTP TSL/SSL
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# FTP TSL/SSL

 *  Resolved [Pirho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pirho/)
 * (@pirho)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-tslssl/)
 * SSL-FTP connection seems to be greyed out for my install of backWpup Free, is
   this only available in the pro version?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-tslssl/#post-4678075)
 * No, SSL-FTP only works if the PHP funktion avalibel. See [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-ssl-connect.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-ssl-connect.php)
 * >  Note: Why this function may not exist
   >  ftp_ssl_connect() is only available
   > if both the ftp module and the OpenSSL support is built statically into php,
   > this means that on Windows this function will be undefined in the official 
   > PHP builds. To make this function available on Windows you must compile your
   > own PHP binaries.
 * I hope that helps.

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