[Prestashop help] How to manual Install a PrestaShop module with FTP or Hosting account?

Prestashop allow install a Prestashop module by 2 ways:

Install a prestashop module from Backoffice: Go to Backoffice > Modules & Services, upload your module that is formatted to a *.zip file, then install it.
Upload your prestashop module through a FTP or Hosting account, then go to Backoffice > Modules & Services and install it.

In this post, Buy-Addons Team will take you how to install a prestashop with FTP account or hosting account.

Step 1: Download & Install a FTP software for client, for an example we are using FileZilla Client software that you can download it at here: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

Also you can use other FTP softwares as WinSCP, CuteFTP…

Step 2: Unzip your Prestashop module into a directory in your computer, example: We unzip askforaquotemodul.zip into “askforaquotemodul” directory in local path: C:\Users\admin\Downloads

Step 3: Open FileZilla Software, enter your FTP account

Host: Enter the address of your server for connect to it. example: ftp.yourstore.com or an IP of your server as 112.43.141.66
Username: The username of your FTP account
Password: The password of your FTP account
Port: If you are using FTP account, enter 21. if your are using SFTP, enter 22

then click Quick connect.

You can view it in FileZilla software:

Left sidebar: list directories of your computer
Right sidebar: list directories of your server that contains Prestashop’s source of website.

Step 4: Go to PRESTASHOP_ROOT/modules directory of your Server.

Then right-click to upload your prestashop module from your computer to PRESTASHOP_ROOT/modules directory.

Step 5: Go to Prestashop Backoffice > Modules & Services (in Prestashop 1.6) or Modules > Module Catalog (in Prestashop 1.7), search your prestashop module and install it.