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Managing Disk Usage
Quick answer: cPanel disk usage reports how much storage your account consumes. Website files, email mailboxes, logs and backups may contribute, depending on…
How to Use the Softaculous Autoinstaller
Quick answer: Softaculous is an application installer available on some hosting control panels. It can install software such as WordPress, but you still…
How to Restore Your Website
Quick answer: Restoring a website usually requires a compatible set of files and database content from a known-good backup. Confirm what the backup…
How to Create an FTP Account
Quick answer: FTP transfers files, but traditional unencrypted FTP can expose credentials. Prefer SFTP or another encrypted file-transfer method when supported by your…
How to Change Your PHP Version In cPanel
Quick answer: Changing your site’s PHP version can affect compatibility with WordPress, themes, plugins and custom code. Test on staging and keep a…
Creating MySQL Databases and Users
Quick answer: A MySQL database stores application information, while its database user controls how an application connects and what it may change. Use…
cPanel Hosting Overview
Quick answer: cPanel is a web-based control panel for managing hosting services such as website files, databases, email accounts and DNS when those…