Web hosting & cPanel

How do I create a cPanel account?

This guide explains how to create a cPanel account through WHM as a Hostworld reseller. You will log in to WHM, enter domain and contact informatio...

How to redirect a page to another page or website using .htaccess?

This guide walks you through redirecting pages using .htaccess rules in cPanel. You'll learn the difference between Redirect and RewriteRule, how t...

How to ban any IP Address via .htaccess?

Learn to block unwanted IP addresses on your hosting using cPanel's built-in IP Blocker tool or by manually adding Require rules to your .htaccess ...

How to Install the FTP Client Filezilla on Windows?

How to install any app with Softaculous in cPanel

Softaculous Apps Installer in cPanel lets you deploy hundreds of applications like Joomla, Drupal, PrestaShop and phpBB in minutes. This guide walk...

Moving a cPanel site to a VPS

Learn how to move a cPanel-hosted site onto your own VPS, whether you have root access or not. This guide covers the full backup process, restorati...

The signs you have outgrown shared hosting

Shared hosting slowness is usually caused by unoptimised code, plugins or database queries, not plan limits. This guide shows you how to check actu...

Reading your cPanel resource usage: EP, NPROC and IOPS

CloudLinux resource limits in cPanel control how much of your server you can use. This guide explains each metric in plain terms, shows you which l...

How to install cPanel?

A complete guide to installing cPanel and WHM on a fresh Linux server. Learn the essential pre-installation steps, how to run the official installe...

How to Access your Email Account from cPanel Webmail?

Access your email through cPanel Webmail by visiting yourdomain.tld:2096 with your mailbox credentials, or open it directly from cPanel without nee...

What is Softaculous?

Softaculous is a commercial auto-installer integrated into cPanel that automates the setup of web applications like WordPress. It handles database ...

How to manage email filters in cPanel

Email filters in cPanel let you sort incoming mail by rules you define. You can create filters for a single mailbox or apply them globally to all m...

Restoring a whole site

When a site breaks, you can restore it from backup by choosing a restore point that predates the problem, then restoring both files and database fr...

Restoring a single file

You can restore a single file from backup without rolling back your entire site. The guide covers finding the file in cPanel backups, extracting it...

What is backed up on shared hosting, and how often

Your shared hosting account includes daily off-site backups of files, databases and email, kept for at least three days. You can restore individual...

Publishing, and what to check afterwards

Publishing means uploading your files to the correct document root in cPanel and pointing your domain to Hostworld's nameservers. DNS and SSL take ...

Adding a contact form that actually reaches you

Contact forms fail when the From address is faked, authentication is missing, or mail routing is misconfigured. Learn to set the form headers corre...

Pages, navigation and the SEO basics that matter

A step-by-step guide to adding pages and menus to your WordPress site, writing SEO metadata, and structuring content so Google can crawl and index ...

Starting a site in the Website Builder

This guide walks you through opening Sitejet Builder from cPanel, selecting a template or blank canvas, understanding the difference between page-l...

Getting your domain and hosting in place

Before you can build a website, you need a domain name, a hosting account, and DNS pointing between them. This guide walks you through the order to...

How do I connect via FTP to my site?

This guide shows you how to connect to your hosted site using FTP or SFTP. You will learn which protocol to use, where to find your connection deta...

Using a staging site safely

A staging site lets you test WordPress updates, plugins and theme changes safely before deploying to your live site. This guide explains what a sta...

Website Builder or WordPress: which should you use?

Website builders offer speed and low maintenance but limit your options to move later. WordPress gives you ownership and flexibility but requires s...

Backing up and restoring a WordPress site

A WordPress backup requires both site files and the database. This guide shows how to back up both using cPanel tools, then walks through a complet...