Title: [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] SFTP Support
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] SFTP Support

 *  Resolved [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/)
 * (@c3mdigital)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/)
 * I want to use the self hosted CDN option but I don’t want to install ftp on my
   server. Are there any plans in the future to add support for sftp transfers?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594426)
 * Yes, it’s in the roadmap somewhere. Is there a reason why you can’t use FTP to
   the other server?
 *  Thread Starter [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/)
 * (@c3mdigital)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594439)
 * Just to conserve resources. It’s a low end VPS and I try to keep it as minimal
   as possible.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594543)
 * I don’t think that is a worthy endeavor. W3TC already conserves resources across
   the board, no need for this step. Use a real CDN if you need to, they are cheap.
 *  [blau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blau/)
 * (@blau)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594607)
 * In absolute terms, SFTP has a higher overhead than FTP due to the encryption 
   implemented in SSH.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594727)
 * [@c3mdigital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/) any other questions?
 *  Thread Starter [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/)
 * (@c3mdigital)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594739)
 * [@blau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blau/) true but since it is already
   available via ssh it would just make it easier.
 * [@fredericktownes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) none
   at the moment. I really like the new UI.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594741)
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-sftp-support/#post-1594741)
 * Status: resolved