upgrade - Update Wordpress with SFTP instead of FTP

Is there a way to update Wordpress without the use of FTP, but with SFTP (which uses SSH)? I've only got my server set up for SSH access (and therefore SCP/SFTP).

Is there a way to update Wordpress without the use of FTP, but with SFTP (which uses SSH)? I've only got my server set up for SSH access (and therefore SCP/SFTP).

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Configuration instructions in Codex on Enabling SSH Upgrade Access recommend either:

1. Using SSH SFTP Updater Support plugin from official repository.
2. Using built–in SSH2 support, which requires the PECL SSH2 extension installed on the server.

It used to refer to this tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade in before, which might be of use.

I was able to do it quite easily with this plugin:

http://wordpress/extend/plugins/ssh-sftp-updater-support/