What gcp firewall settings are needed to enable file download for wordpress site backup?

Solution:

The firewall rule allowing ingress traffic on tcp port 80 from IP ranges: 0.0.0.0/0 is the right choice for your setup, so the firewall rules might not be the cause of the issue.

I would suggest you to check the following options for troubleshooting –

  1. Make sure your plugins are all updated. You can stop/remove the plugins which are not in use and download the file with trusted and updated plugins.
  2. Ensure that your hypertext access (.htaccess) file is not broken.
  3. Check the ‘error.log’ file to find any specific error.

Please refer to following link for details on how to connect to your wordpress site in GCP via FTP – https://onepagezen.com/manage-wordpress-files-on-google-cloud-platform

You can also explore other ways to successfully download your wordpress files in the following link – https://blogvault.net/how-to-migrate-wordpress-site