Step-by-step help for your hosting

• Create product bundles in WHMCS

  Combine hosting, domains and add-ons into a single WHMCS bundle with a combined price or discount, control which options customers choose, and promote bundles on your site.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Process pending orders in WHMCS

  Review and accept pending orders in WHMCS, understand order statuses, run fraud checks, provision services manually, cancel or refund orders and automate acceptance.

  BeginnerWHMCS2 min read

• Resell SSL, email security and other add-ons with WHMCS MarketConnect

  Activate WHMCS MarketConnect, choose services such as SSL certificates or site security, set your prices, show promotions in the client area and handle provisioning.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Reduce unpaid invoices in WHMCS: reminders, late fees and credit

  Configure WHMCS payment reminders, overdue notices and optional late fees, use stored payment methods and account credit, and set a fair suspension schedule.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Customise WHMCS invoices and PDF layout

  Brand WHMCS invoices: logo and Pay To text, invoice numbering formats, PDF paper size and font, custom invoice templates, notes and proforma vs tax invoices.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• GDPR tools in WHMCS: consent, data export and deletion

  Configure WHMCS privacy features: marketing consent, terms acceptance logging, client data export, automatic removal of inactive clients and handling erasure requests.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Manage domain registrations, transfers and renewals in WHMCS (admin)

  Process domain orders in WHMCS, handle incoming transfers with EPP codes, manage auto-renew and renewal reminders, and fix domains stuck in pending or out of sync.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Control client registration in WHMCS: email verification and spam signups

  Require email verification for new WHMCS clients, decide whether visitors can register without ordering, block disposable emails and bots, and clean up fake accounts.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Single sign-on from WHMCS to cPanel, webmail and other panels

  Let clients open cPanel, webmail, Plesk or Virtualizor from the WHMCS client area without passwords, configure the required API permissions and fix SSO failures.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Use WHM Mail Delivery Reports to trace email for all your accounts

  Find out why messages bounced or were rejected across all your customers' accounts with WHM Mail Delivery Reports: filters, reading results and fixing common failures.

  IntermediateWHM2 min read

• Upgrade a reseller to master reseller in WHMReseller

  Change an existing reseller into a master reseller in WHMReseller without moving accounts: change the type, set reseller limits, adjust privileges and update billing.

  IntermediateMaster reseller hosting2 min read

• Manage shell access for cPanel accounts in WHM: jailed vs normal (root guide)

  Decide which cPanel users get SSH, choose between jailed shell, normal shell and CageFS, enable or disable shell per account in WHM, and keep shell access secure.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Customise DNS zone templates in WHM (root guide)

  Edit the DNS zone templates WHM uses for new accounts as root: default records, TTLs, SPF and CAA records, and the variables available, so every new zone is right from the start.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Sell email-only hosting with a WHM reseller account

  Create an email-only hosting product in WHM: a package with mailbox limits, a feature list without website tools, DNS and MX setup, and what to tell customers.

  IntermediateReseller hosting2 min read

• Configure the cPanel mail server (Dovecot) in WHM (root guide)

  Tune Dovecot in WHM Mailserver Configuration as root: IMAP/POP3 protocols, connections per IP, TLS settings and mailbox options, and fix "too many connections" errors.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Enable greylisting in WHM to cut spam (root guide)

  Turn on cPanel greylisting in WHM as root to reject first-time senders temporarily, set delay and expiry times, whitelist trusted senders and avoid delaying important mail.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Install cPanel & WHM on Rocky Linux or CloudLinux

  Install cPanel & WHM on a fresh Rocky Linux or CloudLinux 8/9 server: requirements, hostname and network prep, the installer, licence activation, hardening and fixes.

  AdvancedVPS / dedicated servers3 min read

• Convert an addon domain into its own cPanel account in WHM

  Split an addon domain out of a customer's cPanel account into a separate account with WHM's Convert Addon Domain to Account, copying files, email, databases and DNS.

  IntermediateWHM2 min read

• ModSecurity with the OWASP Core Rule Set in WHM: setup and false positives

  Enable the OWASP CRS vendor for ModSecurity in WHM, find the rule ID behind a 403 error in the audit log, and disable that rule for one site or server-wide.

  AdvancedWHM (root)2 min read

• Install and configure CSF and LFD firewall on a cPanel/WHM server

  Install ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) with LFD on a WHM server, set the essential csf.conf options, take it out of testing mode and manage it from WHM.

  AdvancedWHM (root)3 min read

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