Changing or recovering your cPanel password Your cPanel password controls access to the hosting account and may also be used by its main file-transfer account. It is separate from individual email…

Changing or removing a cPanel cron task Edit a cron task when an application’s schedule, script location or interpreter changes. Remove it when the work is retired or another scheduler takes…

Changing the language used by cPanel Change the panel language when you want its labels and navigation in a supported language. This affects your management interface; it does not translate…

Changing your cPanel interface theme and finding familiar tools A cPanel theme changes how management tools are presented. It does not change your public website theme, WordPress design or hosting plan. Theme choices…

Checking and enabling website compression in cPanel Compression reduces the bytes transferred for text resources such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. A website may already receive gzip or Brotli compression…

Checking disk space and traffic usage in cPanel Disk usage is stored data; bandwidth is data transferred. A large folder consumes disk space even if nobody visits it, while a small popular download…

Choosing the correct PHP executable for a cron job The PHP executable used by cron can differ from the version serving the website. Select the application’s required supported command-line runtime…

Choosing where cPanel cron output is emailed Cron output emails are useful when a scheduled command reports a failure or diagnostic message. They are generated from command output, so a successful…

Creating a cPanel API token for an authorised integration A cPanel API token lets an authorised integration call supported account APIs without storing the interactive password. Treat the token as a powerful…

Creating a scheduled cron task in cPanel Cron runs a command on a schedule without a browser visit. Applications use it for queues, scheduled emails, cleanup and billing jobs. The command runs…

Diagnosing a cPanel cron job that never runs A saved cron entry proves the schedule was recorded, not that the application completed its task. Diagnose the schedule, command, environment and output…

Finding the current Account Preferences controls in cPanel Current cPanel versions group several account settings in Account Preferences. Use this page to review contact, notification, privacy and language…

Fixing a cron job that works only from an interactive shell A command that succeeds in an interactive shell can fail under cron because cron starts with a smaller environment and a different working directory.…

Giving a colleague limited cPanel access with Manage Team Manage Team can give colleagues their own cPanel identities with selected roles and services when the feature is licensed and enabled. It is useful for…

Handling percent signs and quoting in cron commands Cron treats an unescaped percent sign specially in its command field on common cron implementations. A command containing a date format or encoded URL…

Keeping useful cron logs without filling the hosting account Cron output is useful evidence of task failures, but unmanaged logs or repeated emails can fill storage and hide the important message. Keep enough…

Preventing overlapping scheduled jobs on hosting Overlapping scheduled jobs can compete for resources or process the same work twice when one run lasts longer than the interval. Use the application’s…

Revoking a departing team member’s cPanel access Offboarding a cPanel team user requires reviewing their panel identity and any separate credentials they received. Suspending a team login is a useful…

Updating cPanel contact details and account alerts cPanel contact settings determine where hosting alerts and password-reset notices are sent. Keep them accurate even when billing notifications already…