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Managing a WordPress website involves more than simply updating pages and publishing content. Website owners often need access to files, databases, email accounts, backups, domains, SSL certificates, security settings, and software installations. A powerful hosting control panel makes these tasks much easier.
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting includes cPanel, one of the world’s most widely used and trusted web hosting control panels. Through cPanel, you can manage nearly every aspect of your hosting account using an intuitive web interface without requiring advanced server administration skills.
This guide explains how to access cPanel and highlights some of the key features available for managing your WordPress websites.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Access cPanel
1. Login to the Hosted.com® Client Portal using your account credentials.
2. Click the Manage Services dropdown menu and choose WordPress Hosting.
3. On the next page, choose Manage next to your domain.
4. Select Login to cPanel to open your hosting control panel.
What Can You Manage in cPanel?
cPanel provides access to numerous management tools, including:
- File Management: Upload, edit, organize, and manage your website files using File Manager or FTP.
- Database Management: Manage MySQL databases and phpMyAdmin.
- Email Management: Create email accounts, configure forwarding, manage spam filtering, and access webmail.
- Domains: Manage addon domains, subdomains, redirects, and DNS-related settings.
- SSL Certificates: Install and manage SSL certificates that help secure your website.
- Backups: Create, restore, and manage website backups when available.
- WordPress Management: Use the WordPress management tools provided through your hosting account to install, maintain, and update your website.
- Security Features: Configure password protection, IP blocking, directory privacy, SSL settings, and other security tools.
Additional Information
- cPanel provides a user-friendly interface for managing your hosting account from any modern web browser.
- Most common hosting tasks can be completed without using command-line tools.
- File Manager allows you to upload and edit website files directly within your browser.
- phpMyAdmin provides quick access to your WordPress database when required.
- cPanel includes numerous tools for managing email, domains, security, and backups.
- Regularly reviewing your hosting settings helps ensure your website continues operating efficiently.
- Using strong passwords and enabling available security features helps protect your hosting account.
- Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting combines cPanel with an optimized WordPress environment for simpler website management.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be display
