How to access your WordPress files via SFTP on a Coolify VPS

1. Connect to Your VPS via SFTP

Use any SFTP client (like FileZilla or your terminal).

You’ll need:

• Host: your VPS IP (if you use Tailscale, you need to use the assigned Tailscale address for the VPS)
• Username: usually root (or your server user)
• Password or SSH key
• Port: 22 (default)

Once connected, you’ll be browsing your server files like a normal file explorer.

2. Navigate to the WordPress Files

Coolify stores service data inside Docker volumes.

The path you’re looking for is:

/var/lib/docker/volumes/service_name/_data

3. Find Your service_name

Each app/service in Coolify gets its own volume.

To figure out which one is yours:

• Go to your Coolify dashboard
• Open your project → service
• Check the URL or service name – it’s usually included there

That name will match the folder inside /var/lib/docker/volumes/.

4. What You’ll See

Inside _data, you’ll typically find:

• wp-content
• wp-config.php
• core WordPress files

From here, you can:

• upload themes/plugins
• edit files
• download backups

That’s it

No magic – just SFTP + knowing where Coolify stores things.