Step-by-step help for your hosting

• What is reseller hosting and how does it work?

  How reseller hosting works: WHM and separate cPanel accounts, white-label branding, who does what between you and the host, how resellers earn, and who it suits best.

  BeginnerReseller hosting2 min read

• Hosting resource limits explained: storage, bandwidth, inodes, CPU, RAM and entry processes

  What each hosting limit really measures, what happens when you reach it, and how to tell whether you need optimisation or a bigger plan. Includes 'unlimited' claims.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• What to send new hosting customers: a reseller welcome email template

  A practical welcome email for new cPanel customers on your reseller plan: login URLs, nameservers, email settings, FTP, SSL and support details, plus what to leave out.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• Start an online shop with Softaculous: WooCommerce, PrestaShop or OpenCart

  Choose and install shop software with Softaculous on cPanel: compare WooCommerce, PrestaShop and OpenCart, install with SSL, and the first settings for a secure store.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• What is Node.js? A plain-English guide for website owners

  Learn what Node.js is, how it differs from PHP hosting, what npm does and which hosting plan you need to run Node.js apps such as Next.js or Express.

  BeginnercPanel hosting and Linux VPS3 min read

• Find why a WordPress site is slow with CloudLinux X-Ray

  Use CloudLinux X-Ray to trace slow PHP requests: see which plugins, database queries and external calls take time, and turn the findings into concrete fixes.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with CloudLinux2 min read

• WordPress site down? A step-by-step checklist

  Work out why a WordPress site is offline: check if it is down for everyone, domain and DNS, SSL, hosting account status, resource limits, PHP errors and the database.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Add IP addresses and change a site's IP in WHM (root guide)

  Add new IPv4 addresses to a cPanel server, assign a dedicated IP to an account, change a site's IP, and set up shared IPs per reseller in WHM as root.

  AdvancedWHM (root)3 min read

• Handle spam in Roundcube: Junk folder, whitelist and blacklist senders

  Deal with spam from webmail: find mail in the Spam folder, mark messages as spam or not spam, and whitelist or blacklist senders in cPanel Spam Filters so it sticks.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Manage and restart services in WHM: Service Manager and chkservd (root guide)

  Enable, disable and monitor cPanel services in WHM Service Manager, restart a stuck service safely, read chkservd alerts and restart services from SSH.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Submit your WordPress sitemap to Google Search Console

  Get WordPress indexed: find the built-in or SEO plugin sitemap, verify your site in Google Search Console with DNS in cPanel, submit the sitemap and fix indexing issues.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• WordPress Site Health explained: fix the common warnings

  Understand WordPress Site Health status and info: what each common critical issue and recommendation means on cPanel hosting, and how to fix or safely ignore it.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Manage 301 redirects in WordPress

  Redirect old WordPress URLs correctly: when to use 301 or 302, redirect plugins, .htaccess rules and cPanel Redirects, monitoring 404s and avoiding chains and loops.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• JetBackup 5: restore DNS, cron jobs, SSL or a full account, and download backups

  Go beyond files: use JetBackup 5 in cPanel to restore DNS zones, cron jobs, SSL certificates or the full account, and download complete backups to your computer.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting2 min read

• WordPress user roles and permissions explained

  Give every WordPress user the right access: what Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber can do, adding users safely, and auditing accounts.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Enable two-factor authentication for WordPress logins

  Protect WordPress accounts with two-factor authentication: choose a plugin, set up an authenticator app, save backup codes, require 2FA for admins and recover a lost device.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Softaculous WordPress Manager: plugins, themes and settings for all your sites

  Use the WordPress Manager in Softaculous to see all WordPress sites, install or activate plugins and themes in bulk, toggle maintenance mode, debug and admin login.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Configure ModSecurity in WHM: vendors, rules and per-domain control (root guide)

  Set up ModSecurity on a cPanel server as root: choose a rule vendor, enable or disable rules, read hits in ModSecurity Tools and handle false positives per domain.

  AdvancedWHM (root)3 min read

• LiteSpeed Cache for Joomla, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Magento and other CMSs

  Use the official LiteSpeed Cache extensions for Joomla, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Magento and Drupal on cPanel hosting: install, enable, test and purge correctly.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with LiteSpeed3 min read

• Clean up and optimise the WordPress database

  Shrink and speed up a WordPress database: remove revisions, spam, transients and orphaned data, find large tables and autoloaded options, and optimise tables safely.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

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