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• Restore deleted emails and mailboxes from JetBackup 5

  Bring back deleted email messages, folders or a whole mailbox from MdmHost's daily JetBackup 5 backups in cPanel, without overwriting newer mail.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Create product groups and hosting products in WHMCS

  Create a product group and a shared or reseller hosting product in WHMCS, set pricing and billing cycles, link it to a cPanel/WHM package and show it in the order form.

  BeginnerWHMCS2 min read

• Fix "508 Resource Limit Is Reached" on CloudLinux hosting

  Why a website shows 508 Resource Limit Is Reached on CloudLinux, how to find which limit was hit in Resource Usage, and the fixes that stop it coming back.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with CloudLinux3 min read

• Search and replace URLs in the WordPress database safely

  Replace old URLs or text across a WordPress database without breaking serialised data, using WP-CLI or a plugin, with a dry run and backup first.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Find and fix a WordPress plugin conflict

  Track down the plugin or theme behind a WordPress problem with Health Check troubleshooting mode, the half-split method, logs and browser console checks.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Choose and change the PHP version for WordPress

  Pick a supported PHP version for WordPress, check plugin and theme compatibility, switch versions in cPanel with Select PHP Version or MultiPHP and roll back if needed.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Optimise images in WordPress for faster pages

  Make WordPress images smaller without visible quality loss: resize before upload, compress and convert to WebP, lazy load, and clean up unused image sizes.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Disable XML-RPC and protect wp-login.php

  Stop brute-force attacks on WordPress: disable XML-RPC, limit login attempts, add 2FA and an extra password on wp-admin, and check what still needs XML-RPC.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• How to suspend or terminate a reseller and their accounts in WHMReseller

  Suspend a reseller for non-payment together with all their cPanel accounts, unsuspend them later, or terminate a reseller safely after backing up their data.

  IntermediateMaster reseller hosting3 min read

• Send WordPress email through SMTP

  Make WordPress emails arrive reliably: create a cPanel mailbox, configure an SMTP plugin with the right host, port and encryption, test delivery and fix SPF and DKIM.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Reset a lost WordPress admin password

  Get back into WordPress when you forgot the admin password: use the reset link, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI or Softaculous, and secure the account afterwards.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Fix WordPress permalinks and 404 errors on posts

  Fix WordPress posts and pages that return 404 while the home page works: re-save permalinks, restore the .htaccess rules and check rewrite conflicts in cPanel.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Fix "Error establishing a database connection" in WordPress

  Fix the WordPress database connection error: check wp-config.php credentials, the cPanel database user and privileges, repair tables and rule out server limits.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Fix a 500 Internal Server Error in WordPress

  Troubleshoot a WordPress 500 Internal Server Error on cPanel: check error logs, reset .htaccess, fix PHP settings and permissions, and isolate plugins or the theme.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Sell hosting with WHMCS and your WHM reseller account

  Connect WHMCS to your WHM reseller account so orders create cPanel accounts automatically and unpaid invoices suspend them, with products mapped to packages.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• Roundcube settings: signature, identities, display and composing options

  Personalise Roundcube webmail: add an HTML email signature, set up identities and reply-to addresses, change language, time zone, layout and composing defaults.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Roundcube filters and out-of-office replies (Managesieve)

  Create mail filters and out-of-office vacation replies directly in Roundcube webmail with Managesieve, including date ranges, folder rules and forwarding.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Speed up WordPress on MdmHost hosting

  A practical checklist to make WordPress load fast on LiteSpeed hosting: caching, PHP version, images, plugins, database clean-up and measuring results.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

• Back up and restore a WordPress site

  Protect a WordPress site with layered backups: JetBackup restore points, manual cPanel backups and a plugin, plus how to restore files and the database.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Configure automatic updates in WordPress

  Decide which WordPress updates run automatically: enable auto-updates for plugins and themes, control core updates in wp-config.php and get notified when they run.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting3 min read

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