cPanel control panel overview
cPanel control panel is designed for managing separate hosting accounts on the server. End users/clients are able to:
- upload and manage files for their websites
- edit DNS records for their domains
- add/remove addon domains and subdomains
- install CMS using Softaculous script installer
- create email accounts
- manage email settings and SPAM protection
- check website statistics
- manage databases and backups, etc.
More details about the structure of WHM/cPanel users depending on their permissions can be found in this article.
We have cPanel 11.70 installed on our hosting servers. You can find the latest documentation covering all its functions here.
You can find cPanel structure overview for cPanel basic style and for cPanel retro style below in this guide.
Basically cPanel has two vertical sections with different features:
Left column which provides a number of various features that are conveniently structured to specific groups based on the concrete aspect of the web-hosting service and Right column which includes different Stats information about the account. Additionally, you can see a header above both sections:
Header and Right Column:
- Search
- User
- Stats
Left Column:
- Exclusive for Namecheap customers
- Files
- Databases
- Domains
- Metrics
- Security
- Software
- Advanced
- Preferences
Header and Right Column:
Search User Stats
Search: a search bar that allows you to find cPanel features in the quickest way. Just start entering the name of the needed tool to allocate the corresponding menu:
User: this menu provides a number of options related to your cPanel user and account itself – chaning your cPanel password, contact information, style and language as well as resetting all the current account configuration to the default state:
Stats: here you will find the general information related to your cPanel account:
Server Information menu lists hosting account package and additional server-side details, like the IP address assigned to your cPanel account, software installed on the server and the status of the core services:
Statistics column collects cPanel services and quotas as well as the current account resource usage:
Exclusive for My Digital Squad Host customers
Files Databases Email Domains Metrics Security Software Advanced Preferences
Softaculous Apps Installer: this feature allows you to use Softaculous Script Installer, which includes most popular CMS, such as WordPress/Joomla/Magento etc. It is much faster than other script installers and it installs CMSes in a few clicks. Softaculous application is provided with any cPanel account on all of our shared hosting plans. You can view available scripts and their demo here. You may find these guides useful when working with Softaculous installer:
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Basically cPanel has two vertical sections with different features:
Left column which includes different Stats information about the account, the possibility to switch cPanel theme, the search bar and frequently accessed menus and Right column which provides a number of various features that are conveniently structured to specific groups based on the concrete aspect of the web hosting service.
Below you can find a list of each menu for your convenience:
Left Column:
- Find
- Stats
Right Column:
- Preferences
- Domains
- Files
- Metrics
- Security
- Databases
- Software
- Advanced
- Exclusive for Namecheap Customers
In this column you will find following options:
Find: it is a search bar that allows to find cPanel features in the quickest way. Just start entering the name of the needed tool to allocate the corresponding menu:
Stats: here you will find all the information related to the statistics of your hosting account. At the bottom of this section you will find Expand Stats button, which allows you to review the full statistics:
If you see the expanded stats menu, you will find Collapse Stats button at the bottom of this section in order to switch to the short menu version:
Here is an overview of all indexes:
- Main Domain: the primary domain name associated with your hosting account.
- Home Directory: the path the home directory of your account on the server where your websites’ folders and files reside.
- Last Login: the last IP address your cPanel has been accessed from.
- Disk Usage: the amount of server disk space provided with your cPanel account. This index displays disk space used by your websites’ content, databases, emails, etc.
- File Usage: the current number of files (inodes) and your cPanel account’s inode limit.
- Addon Domains: the current number of already added addon domains and the total number allowed for your cPanel account.
- MySQL Databases: the current number of MySQL or MariaDB databases created your cPanel account.
- Subdomains: the current number of already created subdomains and the total number allowed for your cPanel account.
- Email Accounts: the current number of already created email accounts and the total number of email accounts allowed for your cPanel account.
- FTP Accounts: the current number of already created FTP accounts and the total number allowed for your cPanel account.
- MySQL Disk Usage: the amount of disk space used by your MySQL or MariaDB databases.
- PostgreSQL Disk Usage: the amount of disk space used by your PostgreSQL databases.
- Bandwidth: the current amount of data transferred to and from your cPanel account for the month and the total amount of your cPanel account’s monthly bandwidth limit.
- Aliases: the current number of already created alias domains and the total number allowed for your cPanel account.
- Mailing Lists: the current number of already created mailing lists and the total number allowed for your cPanel account.
- Autoresponders: the current number of created email autoresponders and the maximum number allowed.
- Forwarders: the amount of email forwarders created and the maximum number allowed.
- Email filters: the number of email filters created vs. the maximum number allowed.
- PostgreSQL Databases: the current number of PostgreSQL databases created in your cPanel account.
- CPU Usage: this value specifies how much of the allocated CPU resources you are currently using. The amount of CPU resources we provide to each account is the percentage of the server’s resources.
- Entry Processes: this is the number of processes that enter your account. For example, every PHP page that is accessed by a user will usually generate a single entry process.
- Physical Memory Usage: the actual memory allocated for your account. Virtual memory is usually a file on a disk drive that the operating system uses to store information (swap-to-from) when the real memory becomes full, for instance the page (swap) file on a Linux system. Therefore, if you try to publish a big post, it might take all physical memory to do so, but after some time it will be normalized.
- I/O Usage: this index represents how much I/O (or disk activity) your account is using. Any task which makes use of the servers disk drive (such as reading or writing to the server) will consume I/O. More details about resource limits can be found here.
- Number of Processes: this limit is similar to the above but includes all the processes generated by the account rather than the specific PHP, SSH or cron jobs.
This group of features provides you with the general information on cPanel management and allows you to make basic changes to your cPanel account.






This group of features allows you to create email accounts for your domain names and manage email settings.
























SpamAssassin FAQs
How to configure SpamAssassin in cPanel






















How to use File Manager in cPanel
How do I upload my site?








How to set up Web Disk on Windows 7
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How to access an account via FTP
How to set up FileZilla
How to set up Cyberduck
How to set up iWeb
How to set up Adobe Muse
How to set up Dreamweaver
How to set up CoreFTP Client
How to set up CuteFTP





































How to edit php.ini on shared servers
How to change PHP version on shared servers
How to change PHP version on business servers (for older servers)

















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