If you feel adventurous, there probably is a HomeBrew or Macports port of a few Unix/Linux FTP servers.įor FTP client on command-line, also check HomeBrew (the package you require is - if I’m not mistaken - inetutils) If the goal is to update a local WordPress installation, make sure you are using the PHP-FPM that came with MacOS (no longer OSX) and verify in the config files that FPM is running as. If (any of) you are looking at this article to get FTP connectivity you no longer can, but you CAN use sFTP, most FTP clients (I suggest Transmit.app or CyberDuck) allow sFTP connections. In High Sierra (at least) the PHP handling is done with PHP-FPM which does have direct file access, so updating a local WordPress website no longer requires FTP. However, this article was created for help in updating a local WordPress installation (in 2012!!) and at that time, the PHP that came with OSX was the mod_php Apache module, that had no direct file access.
This is a good thing! FTP is an insecure protocol and sFTP (the SSH File Transfer) should be used instead. You are correct, as per High Sierra the FTP server software (and also client! software) is removed.
