Why do I get a warning about encryption when I connect to my website?

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Why do I get a warning about encryption when I connect to my website?

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An update in FileZilla around 2015 enabled encryption by default on FTP. There is an expired certificate that shows when connecting to your website on FileZilla as a result of this. To correct this, there are two options.

You can add the site to your Site Manager within FileZilla and select the "Explicitly Disable" option for encryption, or,
You can use SFTP (Which we recommend) instead, by using the same credentials you use for FTP, but connect on port 22 instead of port 21.

This has the advantage of not having a limit for simultaneous connections, no transfer limit for large files and is fully encrypted, among other benefits.
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