# Kinsta & Cursor AI

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [January 15, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891 "2026-01-15T22:08:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Jim\_Campbell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jim_campbell/32/5317_2.png) [@Jim\_Campbell](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jim_Campbell)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891/1 "2026-01-15T22:08:58Z")

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Is there a way to connect Cursor AI directly to Kinsta via STFP?

I have been doing a workaround by downloading my theme locally.

But a direct connection via STFP would be incredible.

I have not seen any great solutions.

A Kinsta guide would be helpful.

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### Author: ![Adrian\_L](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/adrian_l/32/2810_2.png) [@Adrian\_L](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Adrian_L)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891/2 "2026-01-16T02:56:56Z")

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Hi @Jim_Campbell 👋

Welcome to the Kinsta Community!

Our WordPress hosting provides SFTP/SSH access, allowing you to remotely access/manage your website files with your preferred IDE (Cursor AI). Please note that plain FTP isn’t supported, so you need to explicitly use the SFTP protocol when connecting.

> **[WordPress Hosting - SFTP - Kinsta® Docs](https://kinsta.com/docs/wordpress-hosting/connecting-with-sftp/)**
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> To ensure your data remains safe and encrypted, we only support SFTP connections at Kinsta. For more details, check out this guide to connecting with SFTP.

I hope it helps! 🙂