Title: updating files
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# updating files

 *  [bc31din](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bc31din/)
 * (@bc31din)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-files/)
 * hello, ihave some questions i can’t find answers anywhere,
    i have made a wp 
   blog on my localy, uploaded the blog to a test server….my questions are these:
 * 1. is there a way to only upload the files that i modify, i’m using filezilla?
   
   2.when i upload the new files do i need to upload the database again?
 * thanks.

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-files/#post-4712050)
 * 1. You can select only those files you’ve edited and upload those. If you want
   the process to be more automated I think you can upload selected files based 
   on their timestamp.
 * In truth FTP isn’t the best tool to deploy updated files. The use of version 
   control systems, dedicated deployment services and good old rsync are all much
   better than FTP. Each comes with a learning curve.
 * 2. You don’t need to upload the database unless you want local changes to be 
   reflected on the remote server.
 *  Thread Starter [bc31din](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bc31din/)
 * (@bc31din)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-files/#post-4712189)
 * thank you for your time and responses.

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