{"id":110924,"date":"2025-02-26T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T09:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/internet-business\/5-useful-cpanel-features-that-you-may-be-surprised-you-need\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T09:35:34","slug":"5-useful-cpanel-features-that-you-may-be-surprised-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=110924","title":{"rendered":"5 Useful cPanel Features That You May Be Surprised You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Helping your client find the right web hosting plan for their site is critical. The choice they make can impact things like loading speeds, security, and uptime \u2013 all of which affect the user experience. And if the user experience isn\u2019t good, then the site\u2019s SEO will suffer.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why I often argue that web designers and developers should have a say in what kind of web hosting their clients use and where they get it from.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When choosing a plan, there\u2019s a lot to think about, especially with regards to how it will affect the website\u2019s future performance. But something else to consider is which control panel solution it comes with.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You might not need to do a lot of work on the backend of a client\u2019s site, but the control panel is still an important tool. Choose one that\u2019s intuitive and feature-packed, and you could maximize your client\u2019s website performance even further.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there are a number of control panel solutions out there, the most popular one is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cPane<\/span>l<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and with good reason. In this post, I want to take you through some of the more useful cPanel and WHM features for web designers and developers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a01 \u2013 <\/span>Backup\/Restoration<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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As a general rule, I always have two backup and restoration systems in place for my websites.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One reason for this is because I\u2019m a firm believer in failover systems for disaster recovery. While it\u2019s rare that a backup plugin or your cPanel backup will fail, it\u2019s not unheard of. Having a backup to your backup ensures that you can quickly get a client\u2019s site back online or back to a version you\u2019re happy with without issue.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another reason I do this is because you can put your backup systems on different schedules. For instance, I save my WordPress backups locally to my device. Because I don\u2019t want them to take up that much room on my drive, I only schedule major revisions as backups about once a month. My cPanel backups, on the other hand, I put on a daily or weekly schedule (depending on the size of the site and frequency of updates).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, even if you already have a trusted backup solution in place, I\u2019d recommend layering the cPanel backup-and-restoration feature on top of it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Security Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Signing up with a web hosting company that takes security seriously is obviously important. But that doesn\u2019t mean that your website\u2019s security rests solely in their hands.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as I do with backups, I use a multi-layered approach to security as well.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>An SSL certificate is a must \u2013 not just for security, but also for SEO. And this is something you can set up easily through your web hosting company or cPanel\/WHM.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A WordPress security plugin is also critical as it can help with site-side protections as well as fortifying your user login.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are other features available through cPanel that I\u2019d recommend you take advantage of, most of which can be found in the Security Center. Brute force protection. Two-factor authorization. Password strength configuration. And so on.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you start to see how common brute force attacks are on the WordPress login alone, you won\u2019t want to leave any inch of your client\u2019s site or server unsecured.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 File Management<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Depending on what kind of web hosting plan your client needs, you may not have access to the cPanel file manager. If you do, though, it\u2019s going to become one of the most important tools in your website troubleshooting and repair toolkit.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you familiar with the white screen of death? It\u2019s unfortunately something we have to deal with when building and managing websites. And sometimes it doesn\u2019t take much for a website to go down and for you to encounter the dreaded white screen and error message. Simply installing a new plugin that conflicts with the theme can lead to it. Making a file change that the server doesn\u2019t like can too.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>When it happens, the solution is (usually) simple: Go to your file manager and undo whatever you just did. So, having access to this tool is critical.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You might also find the file manager useful for things like:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n